Apoptotic index within cumulus cells is a questionable marker of meiotic competence of bovine oocytes matured in vitro

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-87

  Warzych, Ewelina ^a   Pers Kamczyc, Emilia ^b   Krzywak, Anna ^a   Dudzińska, Stanislawa ^a   Lechniak, Dorota ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cattle; COC morphology; Cumulus cells apoptosis; IVM; Oocyte; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84879867442     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2013.01.180     Document Type: Article

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