Vitrification of in vitro produced bovine embryos: Effect of embryonic block and developmental kinetics

Cryobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Asgari, V ^a   Hosseini, S M ^a   Forouzanfar, M ^b   Hajian, M ^a   Nasr Esfahani, M H ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo; Embryonic genome activation; Kinetics; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; VITRIFICATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84869151674     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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