Effect of culture medium volume and embryo density on early mouse embryonic development: Tracking the development of the individual embryo

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 617-623

  Dai, Shan Jun ^a,b   Xu, Chang Long ^a   Wang, Jeffrey ^a   Sun, Ying Pu ^b   Chian, Ri Cheng ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Women's Pavilion F3 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Development; Embryo; Micro well culture system; Zygote

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84864925544     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9744-8     Document Type: Article

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