Relationship between the morphological changes of somatic compartment and the kinetics of nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes during in vitro maturation of porcine follicular oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 484-491

  Somfai, Tamás ^a,c,d   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Onishi, Akira ^a   Iwamoto, Masaki ^b   Fuchimoto, Dai Ichiro ^a   Papp, Ágnes Bali ^d   Sato, Eimei ^c   Nagai, Takashi ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Prime Tech Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

Cumulus; Granulosa; In vitro maturation; Oocyte; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOSPERMY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 4143083952     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20103     Document Type: Article

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