Long-term and transgenerational effects of in vitro culture on mouse embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-793

  Calle, Alexandra ^a   Fernandez Gonzalez, Raul ^a   Ramos Ibeas, Priscila ^a   Laguna Barraza, Ricardo ^a   Perez Cerezales, Serafin ^b   Bermejo Alvarez, Pablo ^c   Ramirez, Miguel Angel ^a   Gutierrez Adan, Alfonso ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; In vitro culture; Long term effect; Placental development; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856740731     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.07.016     Document Type: Review

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