Sex ratio of bovine embryos and calves originating from the left and right ovaries

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 933-938

  Hylan, Darin ^a   Giraldo, Angelica M ^a,b   Carter, Joel A ^c   Gentry Jr , Glen T ^c   Bondioli, Kenneth R ^a   Godke, Robert A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REVIVICOR INC   (United States)

^c CETS   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo sexing; Female reproductive tract; Gamete biology; Ovary; Ovary selection; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS HORN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX RATIO; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 73349118802     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077727     Document Type: Article

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