The ART of studying early embryo development: Progress and challenges in ruminant embryo culture

Theriogenology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-55

  Lonergan, Pat ^a   Fair, Trudee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Invitro culture; Invivo culture; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; BOVIDS; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HISTORY; IN VITRO CULTURE; IN VIVO CULTURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; IN VITRO CULTURE; IN VIVO CULTURE; OVIDUCT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MICROFLUIDICS; RUMINANTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84888044256     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.09.021     Document Type: Review

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