Differential growth of the mouse preimplantation embryo in chemically defined media

GT Erbach, JA Lawitts, VE Papaioannou… - Biology of …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
We have recently reported the use of sequential simplex optimization methods to design a
medium (SOM) that overcomes the block to development beyond two cells which occurs in …

Fertilization in vitro of mouse ova from inbred and outbred strains: complete preimplantation embryo development in glucose-supplemented KSOM

MC Summers, PR Bhatnagar, JA Lawitts… - Biology of …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
A new medium derived from the use of sequential simplex optimization methods (SOM) that
overcomes the block to development beyond two cells in vitro in embryos of the CF1 …

Optimization of mouse embryo culture media using simplex methods

JA Lawitts, JD Biggers - Reproduction, 1991 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Culture media were developed for pronuclear-stage mouse embryos using simplex
optimization, which has the benefit of being able to optimize several components …

Chemically defined media and the culture of mammalian preimplantation embryos: historical perspective and current issues

MC Summers, JD Biggers - Human reproduction update, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Considerable advances in media development for the culture of preimplantation mammalian
embryos have been made since mouse embryos were first cultured and successfully …

Preimplantation development of mouse embryos in KSOM: augmentation by amino acids and analysis of gene expression

Y Ho, K Wigglesworth, JJ Eppig… - Molecular reproduction …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Simplex optimization has generated several media that have improved the development of
mouse preimplantation embryos in vitro. One objective of this study was to compare the …

Development of preimplantation mouse embryos in vivo and in vitro

GM Harlow, P Quinn - Australian journal of biological sciences, 1982 - CSIRO Publishing
The culture conditions for the development in vitro of (C57BL/6 X CBA) F2 hybrid two-cell
embryos to the blastocyst stage have been optimized. Commercially available pre-sterile …

[PDF][PDF] Reflections on the culture of the preimplantation embryo

JD Biggers - International Journal of Developmental Biology, 1998 - scholar.archive.org
There has been a considerable improvement in the media available for the culture of
preimplantation mouse embryos during the 40 years since mouse embryos were first …

Effect of incubation volume and embryo density on the development and viability of mouse embryos in vitro

M Lane, DK Gardner - Human reproduction, 1992 - academic.oup.com
The morphology, cleavage rate and viability of preimplantation embryos from random bred
Swiss mice were assessed after culture in different incubation volumes and embryo …

Culture of preimplantation embryos and its long-term effects on gene expression and phenotype

S Khosla, W Dean, W Reik, R Feil - Human reproduction update, 2001 - academic.oup.com
A growing number of medical, scientific and biotechnological procedures rely on culture of
mammalian preimplantation embryos. This review presents currently available data on …

Effect of sodium and betaine in culture media on development and relative rates of protein synthesis in preimplantation mouse embryos in vitro

K Anbari, RM Schultz - Molecular reproduction and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Results of recent experiments indicate that the improved development of mouse embryos in
medium containing a low NaCl concentration (85 mM) or the inclusion of the organic …