Seasonal effects on gene expression, cleavage timing, and developmental competence of bovine preimplantation embryos

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-82

  Gendelman, M ^a   Aroyo, A ^a,b   Yavin, S ^a,b   Roth, Z ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; BOVINAE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OOCYTES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954204826     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0055     Document Type: Article

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