Porcine oocytes denuded before maturation can develop to the blastocyst stage if provided a cumulous cell-derived coculture system

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2604-2610

  Zhang, X ^a   Miao, Y ^a   Zhao, J G ^a   Spate, L ^a   Bennett, M W ^a   Murphy, C N ^a   Schatten, H ^a   Prather, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coculture cell monolayer; Cortical granule; Maturation; Mitochondria; Oocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES; SPINDLE APPARATUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELLS; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

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EID: 77954635174     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2714     Document Type: Article

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