Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 229-238 , 1 January 2010

Developmental competence of gametes reconstructed by germinal vesicle transplantation from fresh and cryopreserved bovine oocytes

Received 24 June 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 26 September 2008.

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 F.F. has nothing to disclose. F.P. has nothing to disclose. V.L. has nothing to disclose. S.M. has nothing to disclose. A.L. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by PRIN MUR 2005 and FIRST 2005 UNiMI.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04118-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.078

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 229-238 , 1 January 2010

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