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Analysis of differential maternal mRNA expression in developmentally competent and incompetent bovine two‐cell embryos
18 Dec 2003
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The main objective of this study was to identify mRNA transcripts associated with embryonic developmental competence. In cattle, mRNA transcripts, ribosomes, and proteins accumulated during the growth phase are drawn on to sustain maturation, fertilization, and the initial cell cycle divisions up to the 8- to 16-cell stage. Early cleaving mammalian zygotes are more likely to develop to the blastocyst stage than...
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