Survival and apoptosis rates after vitrification in cryotop devices of in vitro-produced calf and cow blastocysts at different developmental stages

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1141-1147

  Morató, Roser ^a   Izquierdo, Dolors ^a   Paramio, Maria Teresa ^a   Mogas, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bovine; cryopreservation; embryo; prepubertal

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALF (BOVINE); CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77956259968     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10013     Document Type: Article

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