Intrafollicular testosterone concentration and sex ratio in individually cultured bovine embryos

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-538

  García Herreros, Manuel ^a   Bermejo Álvarez, Pablo ^b   Rizos, Dimitrios ^b   Gutírrez Adn, Alfonso ^b   Fahey, Alan G ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEIFER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77649316710     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09157     Document Type: Article

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