Production of monozygotic twin calves using the blastomere separation technique and Well of the Well culture system

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 574-582

  Tagawa, M ^a   Matoba, S ^a   Narita, M ^a   Saito, N ^a   Nagai, T ^b   Imai, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastomere separation; Cattle; In vitro embryo culture; Twinning; WOW

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

BOS; TETRA;

EID: 39649098464     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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