Rabbit morula vitrification reduces early foetal growth and increases losses throughout gestation

Cryobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-326

  Vicente, J S ^a   Saenz de Juano, M D ^a   Jimenez Trigos E ^a   Viudes de Castro, M P ^b   Penaranda D S ^a   Marco Jimenez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo survival; Foetal development; Gene expression; Rabbit; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN A; LAMININ ALPHA4; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANXA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; C1QTNF1 GENE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EGFLAM GENE; EMBRYO; EMP1 GENE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HBA GENE; LAMA 4 GENE; MORULA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCT4 GENE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT EMBRYO; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCGB1A1 GENE; TNFAIP6 GENE; VEGF GENE; VITRIFICATION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EMBRYO SURVIVAL; FOETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; RABBIT; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MORULA; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84887822604     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.09.165     Document Type: Article

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