Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 6 , Pages 777-785 , 1 April 2010

Culture of bovine embryos in intermediate host oviducts with emphasis on the isolated mouse oviduct

  • D. Rizos

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproducción Animal y Conservación de Recursos Zoogenéticos, INIA, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 913474045; fax: +34 913474014.
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  • M.A. Ramirez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproducción Animal y Conservación de Recursos Zoogenéticos, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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  • B. Pintado

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproducción Animal y Conservación de Recursos Zoogenéticos, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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  • P. Lonergan

      Affiliations

    • School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, College of Life Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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  • A. Gutierrez-Adan

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Reproducción Animal y Conservación de Recursos Zoogenéticos, INIA, Madrid, Spain

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 27 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.001

Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 6 , Pages 777-785 , 1 April 2010

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