Evaluation of developmental competence of in vitro produced porcine embryos based on the timing, pattern and evenness of the first cleavage and onset of the second cleavage

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 593-600

  Dang Nguyen, Thanh Quang ^a,c   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Somfai, Tamas ^a,b   Ozawa, Manabu ^a   Nakai, Michiko ^a   Maedomari, Naoki ^a   Viet Linh, Nguyen ^a,d   Kanai, Yukio ^c   Nguyen, Bui Xuan ^e   Nagai, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cell division; Early stage; Embryo morphology; In vitro fertilization; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; KINETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CELL COUNT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; KINETICS; MALE; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78951473029     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-038M     Document Type: Article

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