Developmental competence of oocytes grown in vitro: Has it peaked already?

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Morohaku, Kanako ^a   Hirao, Yuji ^b   Obata, Yayoi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicle culture; In vitro growth; Oocyte competence; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84958778957     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2015-148     Document Type: Article

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