Does serum cause lipid-droplet accumulation in bovine embryos produced in vitro, during developmental days 1 to 4?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1377-1388

  Crocco, Melisa Candela ^a,b   Kelmansky, Diana Mabel ^c   Mariano, Marta Inés ^a,b  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE CÁLCULO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryo; Lipid droplet; Mitochondria; Serum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SERUM; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84887988966     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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