The equine oocyte: Factors affecting meiotic and developmental competence

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 651-661

  Hinrichs, Katrin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; RISK FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77956106944     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21186     Document Type: Review

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