Assessment of Actin Cytoskeleton and Nuclei in Bovine Blastocysts Developed Under Different Culture Conditions Using a Novel Computer Program

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages e46-e53

  Kuzmany, A ^a   Havlicek, V ^a   Brem, G ^b   Walter, I ^a   Besenfelder, U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Inst of Anim Breeding and Genetics   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SOFTWARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 78751527556     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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