Establishment of an advanced chemically defined medium for early embryos derived from in vitro matured and fertilized bovine oocytes

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-689

  Momozawa, Kenji ^a   Fukuda, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Chemically defined medium; GlcNAc; Myo inositol

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; INOSITOL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84856340199     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-039H     Document Type: Article

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