Different temporal gene expression patterns for ovine pre-implantation embryos produced by parthenogenesis or in vitro fertilization

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 712-723

  Bebbere, Daniela ^a   Bogliolo, Luisa ^a   Ariu, Federica ^a   Fois, Stefano ^a   Leoni, Giovanni Giuseppe ^a   Succu, Sara ^a   Berlinguer, Fiammetta ^a   Ledda, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Ovine embryo; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP;

MAMMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 77955923356     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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