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Offspring from One-Month-Old Lambs: Studies on the Developmental Capability of Prepubertal Oocytes1
1 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
A wave of follicular growth in lamb ovaries occurs at about 4 weeks of age, generating a life-time peak in follicle numbers. In order to take advantage of the large number of oocytes available, and to substantially decrease the generation interval, embryos were derived from oocytes collected from 1-mo-old lambs. Animals were subjected to one of 3 regimes of hormonal stimulation: groups 1 and 2 were treated to...
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