Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 9 , Pages 1238-1243 , June 2010

Environmental influences on the production of pre-implantation embryos

  • Ann-Kathrin Diercks

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Cryopreservation W430, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • ,
  • Anna Schwab

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Cryopreservation W430, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • ,
  • Werner Rittgen

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Biostatistics C060, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • ,
  • Andreas Kruspel

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Safety Z060, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • ,
  • Edgar Heuss

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Safety Z060, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • ,
  • Johannes Schenkel

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Centre, Cryopreservation W430, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University, Heidelberg, FR Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6221 423350; fax: +49 6221 423209.

Received 9 September 2009 ,Revised 29 December 2009 ,Accepted 31 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.12.003

Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 9 , Pages 1238-1243 , June 2010

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