Surface ultrastructural characteristics of bovine oocytes following heat shock

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Ju, Jyh Cherng ^a,b   Parks, John E ^b   Yang, Xiangzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cytoplasmic protrusion; Microvilli; SEM; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084007     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.44.345     Document Type: Article

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