Successful transfer of day 10 horse embryos: Influence of donor-recipient asynchrony on embryo development

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-585

  Wilsher, Sandra ^a,b   Clutton Brock, Amber ^a,b   Allen, W R ^a,b  

^a The Paul Mellon Laboratory of Equine Reproduction   (United Kingdom)

^b Equine Fertility Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HEART BEAT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERUS CAVITY;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77149160025     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0306     Document Type: Article

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