Microdrop preparation factors influence culture-media osmolality, which can impair mouse embryo preimplantation development

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-147

  Swain, J E ^a,b   Cabrera, L ^a   Xu, X ^a   Smith, G D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryo; environmental stress; microdrop; osmolality

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MICE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856656447     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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