Implications of storage and handling conditions on glass transition and potential devitrification of oocytes and embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-378

  Sansinena, M ^a,b   Santos, M V ^b,c   Taminelli, G ^a   Zaritzky, N ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Devitrification; Embryo; Glass transition; Liquid nitrogen; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; CALORIMETRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO CULTURE; OOCYTE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

CALORIMETRY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; OOCYTES; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903740040     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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