Contribution of oocyte source and culture conditions to phenotypic and transcriptomic variation in commercially produced bovine blastocysts

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-131.e3

  Plourde, Dany ^a   Vigneault, Christian ^b   Lemay, Alexandra ^a   Breton, Lévéke ^a   Gagné, Dominic ^a   Laflamme, Isabelle ^a   Blondin, Patrick ^b   Robert, Claude ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Embryo quality; Gene expression; In vitro production; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84861786900     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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