Morphokinetic evaluation of embryo development in a mouse model: Functional and molecular correlates

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Weinerman, Rachel ^a   Feng, Rui ^a   Ord, Teri S ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^a   Bartolomei, Marisa S ^a   Coutifaris, Christos ^a   Mainigi, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo development; Morphokinetics; Pregnancy; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84969504615     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.134080     Document Type: Article

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