Calcium concentration in vitrification medium affects the developmental competence of in vitro matured ovine oocytes

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 715-721

  Succu, Sara ^a   Berlinguer, Fiammetta ^a   Leoni, Giovanni G ^a   Bebbere, Daniela ^a   Satta, Valentina ^a   Marco Jimenez, Francisco ^b   Pasciu, Valeria ^a   Naitana, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium concentration; Oocytes; Parthenogenetic activation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; OVIS;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SHEEP;

EID: 79959507034     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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