Influence of the uterine environment on the development of in vitro-produced equine embryos

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-181

  Smits, Katrien ^a   Govaere, Jan ^a   Peelman, Luc J ^a   Goossens, Karen ^a   De Graaf, Dirk C ^a   Vercauteren, Dries ^a   Vandaele, Leen ^a   Hoogewijs, Maarten ^a   Wydooghe, Eline ^a   Stout, Tom ^b   Van Soom, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSES; LIPOCALINS; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84857616843     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0217     Document Type: Article

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