The failure of hamster 2-cell embryos to develop in vitro (2-cell block) was examined with
experiments in which concentrations of glucose and phosphate in the culture medium were …

The first culture media designed specifically to support development of the preimplantation
mouse embryo were formulated over 50 years ago and were based on balanced salt …

Dear Editor: Bovine embryos in culture often fail to develop beyond the eightcell stage in
serum-free or serum-containing medium under stan-dard culture conditions of 5% CO2 and …

Purpose In search for a new marker of preimplantation embryo viability the present study
investigated oxygen consumption of individual cleavage stage murine embryos, and …

The field of modern embryo culture spans several decades. However, in the last decade of
the 20th century a resurgence of interest in embryo physiology and metabolism led to highly …

To track the lineage of both blastomeres of 2‐cell embryos during mouse preimplantation
development, each cell was injected with dextran solutions conjugated with different …

Mouse pronuclear embryos were obtained by in vitro fertilization with oocytes of 55 strains of
immature females by gonadotrophin-induced ovulation and epididymal sperm of Slc: ICR …

Embryos are routinely cultured individually, although this can reduce blastocyst
development. Culture in atmospheric (20%) oxygen is also common, despite multiple …

Eight-cell embryos were recovered from mated golden hamsters that had been
superovulated with pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and human chorionic …

The present study was conducted to examine the development of rat 1-cell embryos cultured
in a chemically defined medium (mR1ECM) soon after penetration of eggs in vivo or in vitro …