In vitro and in vivo quality of bovine embryos in vitro produced with sex-sorted sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1465-1475

  Trigal, B ^a   Gomez E ^a   Caamano J N ^a   Munoz M ^a   Moreno, J ^b   Carrocera, S ^a   Martin D ^a   Diez, C ^a  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^b Sexing Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro production; Pregnancy; Sex sorted sperm; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84866175999     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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