Nutritional effects on oocyte and embryo development in mammals: Implications for reproductive efficiency and environmental sustainability

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1534, 2009, Pages 3351-3361

  Ashworth, Cheryl J ^a   Toma, Luiza M ^b   Hunter, Morag G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Environment; Foetus; Nutrition; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAMMAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 72949100965     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0184     Document Type: Review

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