The prevalence of embryonic remnants following the recovery of post-hatching bovine embryos produced in vitro or by somatic cell nuclear transfer

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 43-53

  Alexopoulos, Natalie I ^a,b   French, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c Stemagen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo loss; Embryonic remnants; Epiblast; Germ layer; Hypoblast; Recovery rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 67249158744     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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