Laser-assisted in vitro fertilization facilitates fertilization of vitrified-warmed C57BL/6 mouse oocytes with fresh and frozen-thawed spermatozoa, producing live pups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Woods, Stephanie E ^a   Qi, Peimin ^a   Rosalia, Elizabeth ^a   Chavarria, Tony ^a   Discua, Allan ^a   Mkandawire, John ^a   Fox, James G ^a   García, Alexis ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; LASER; LASER ASSISTED IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PUP (RODENT); SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84897511853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091892     Document Type: Article

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