In vitro development of mouse pronuclear embryos to blastocysts in sequential media with and without co-culture of autologous cumulus cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Omar Farouk, Farha Naomi ^a   Vlad, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Co culture; Mouse; Pronuclear embryo; Sequential culture medium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 55849115281     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20018     Document Type: Article

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