High survival and developmental rates of vitrified mouse zygotes following polar body biopsy

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Macas, Ervin ^a   Merki Feld, Gabriele Susanne ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Stiller, Ruth ^a   Pelczar, Pawel ^b   Imthurn, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Mouse zygote; Polar body biopsy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ASSAY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH RATE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 39749103074     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60585-8     Document Type: Article

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