Ultrastructural changes of sheep cumulus-oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification

Zygote

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-115

  Ebrahimi, Bita ^a   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,b   Eftekhari Yazdi, Poopak ^b   Baharvand, Hossein ^b,c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cumulus oocyte complexes; Sheep; Ultrastructure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; VITRIFICATION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84859419397     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199410000638     Document Type: Article

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