Birth of piglets from in vitro-produced, zona-intact porcine embryos vitrified in a closed system

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-289

  Men, H ^a   Zhao, C ^a   Si, W ^a   Murphy, C N ^a   Spate, L ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Walters, E M ^a   Samuel, M S ^a   Prather, R S ^a   Critser, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed system; Delipidation; Porcine embryos; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIPIDS; SUS SCROFA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79958847686     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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