Embryo development and sex ratio of in vitro-produced porcine embryos are affected by the energy substrate and hyaluronic acid added to the culture medium

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 570-577

  Torner, Eva ^a   Bussalleu, Eva ^a   Briz, M Dolors ^a   Yeste, Marc ^b   Bonet, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

blastocyst; glucose; hyaluronan; pig; pyruvate lactate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE EMBRYO; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PYRUVIC ACID; SEX RATIO; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888014412     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD13004     Document Type: Article

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