Vitrification of fully grown and growing porcine oocytes using germinal vesicle transfer

NAKAGAWA, S., MAEDOMARI, N., KIKUCHI, K., NAGAI, T., MIYANO, T., FULKA, Jr., J. & MANABE, N. Vitrification of fully grown and growing porcine oocytes using germinal vesicle transfer . Journal of Reproduction and Development, 2011, roč. 57, s. 335-341
NAKAGAWA, Shoma, MAEDOMARI, N., KIKUCHI, K., NAGAI, T., MIYANO, T., FULKA, Josef Jr. and MANABE, N. Vitrification of fully grown and growing porcine oocytes using germinal vesicle transfer. Journal of Reproduction and Development, 2011, 57, 335-341. ISSN 0916-8818.
Year2011
CathegoryScientific publication in impacted journals
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Abstract

The survival of nonmanipulated porcine oocytes is very low. On the other hand, we have found that their nuclei (germinal vesicles – GV) can be efficiently vitrified and after thawing they can be used as karyoplasts to reconstruct the oocytes that are able to mature.