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bp0015cpr20 | Aspects of OOcyfe and Embryonic Development in The Pig | CPR1997

Advances in in vitro production of pig embryos

Funahashi H. , Day B. N. ,

A series of integrated, effective techniques is required to produce pig embryos from follicular oocytes in vitro. The failure to form a male pronucleus and polyspermy have been serious problems in efforts to produce embryos efficiently in vitro from pig oocytes. The former problem is now considered to be due to oxidative stress and the latter has been partially solved by reducing the number of capacitated spermatozoa reaching the oocytes. By the use of n...