Effect of Oocyte Maturation Period on Developmental Rate and Sex ratio Distribution of in vitro Produced Bovine Embryos

Subject Areas : Camel

H. Nazari ¹ , N. Esfandabadi ² , A. Shirazi ³ , A.M. Ahadi ⁴ , E. Ahmadi ⁵ , A. Safdarinejad ⁶

1 - Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
2 - Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran|Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
3 - Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
5 - Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
6 - Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

Received: 2021-06-18 Accepted : 2021-09-16 Published : 2022-06-01

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