Arrest or Survive: A Decision of the Early Preimplantation Embryo That Influences Fertility

Comprehensive Biotechnology, Second Edition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 469-476

  Madan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bovine; Developmental arrest; Early embryo mortality; Metabolomics; Oxidative stress; Pregnancy; Preimplantation embryo; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012839074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-088504-9.00283-X     Document Type: Chapter

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