Maturation, fertilisation and culture of bovine oocytes and embryos in an individually identifiable manner: A tool for studying oocyte developmental competence

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 839-851

  Matoba, Satoko ^a,b   Fair, Trudee ^b   Lonergan, Patrick ^b  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Individual embryo culture; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; POLYESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77951802960     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09277     Document Type: Article

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