Evaluation of bovine zona pellucida characteristics in polarized light as a prognostic marker for embryonic developmental potential

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 779-787

  Koester, M ^a   Mohammadi Sangcheshmeh, A ^a   Montag, M ^a   Rings, F ^a   Schimming, T ^b   Tesfaye, D ^a   Schellander, K ^a   Hoelker, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b OCTAX Microscience GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRESOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIREFRINGENCE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAINING; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79957609797     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0471     Document Type: Article

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