Current progress in oocyte and embryo cryopreservation by slow freezing and vitrification

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Saragusty, Joseph ^a   Arav, Amir ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIPID;

CARNIVORE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYO; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE; VERTEBRATE; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650787792     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0236     Document Type: Review

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