Consequences of in vitro culture conditions on embryo development and quality

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.4, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Rizos, D ^a   Clemente, M ^a   Bermejo Alvarez, P ^a   De La Fuente, J ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Gutierrez Adan A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 52049124534     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01230.x     Document Type: Review

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