Cryopreservation and in vitro maturation of murine germinal vesicle stage oocytes

Cryopreservation of unfertilised oocytes for banking or oocyte donation would be a valuable adjunct to reproductive technology. As the mature oocyte contains a temperature-sensitive meiotic spindle, cryopreservation of immature germinal vesicle (GV) stage oocytes, which do not contain the spindle, m...

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Main Author: Ruppert-Lingham, C. J.
Published: Cardiff University 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.583626