Bovine oocyte quality in relation to ultrastructural characteristics of zona pellucida, polyspermic penetration and developmental competence

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-689

  Santos, P ^a   Chaveiro, A ^a   Simoes N ^a   Moreira Da Silva, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 56049098508     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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