Effect of duration of oocyte maturation on the kinetics of cleavage, embryo yield and sex ratio in cattle

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-740

  Rizos, Dimitrios ^a   Bermejo Alvarez, Pablo ^a   Gutierrez Adan, Alfonso ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

IVM; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; GAMETE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; SEX RATIO; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EFFICIENCY; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 46949102328     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08083     Document Type: Article

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