… of the preimplantation embryo and its ability to undergo normal development in vitro (“normal”
is defined as being competent to produce viable offspring after embryo transfer). Much has …

… defects whose adverse developmental consequences are … of human embryo developmental
competence has gained … the early embryonic stages developmentally significant differences …

… than one embryo. These problems could be overcome if single embryos of known developmental
competence could be selected for replacement. It is clear that current embryo selection …

… P, Pintado B, Lonergan P & Rizos D 2006 Developmental consequences of sexual dimorphism
during pre-implantation embryonic development. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 41 (…

… point out the significance of the paternal contribution to embryo developmental competence.
… Nevertheless we first showed that preimplantation development is insufficient to ensure full-…

… embryonic viability and other aspects of fecundity. However, we were able to examine the
relationship between embryonic developmental … that the developmental competence of EC …

… Oocytes capable of maturation, fertilization, preimplantation embryogenesis were produced
… the developmental competence of these oocytes is to focus on enhancing development of …

… ) Comparison of embryonic developmental competence of mouse oocytes grown with and
… growth factor in bovine oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryo development in vitro. …

… [14], whereas inhibition throughout mouse preimplantation embryo development leads to
decreased proliferation rates [15]. Mouse and human oocytes and embryos, comparatively, …

… Arav A, Aroyo A, Yavin S & Roth Z 2008 Prediction of embryonic developmental competence
by time-lapse observation and ‘shortest-half’ analysis. Reproductive Biomedicine Online 17 …