Quadrupling efficiency in production of genetically modified pigs through improved oocyte maturation [Agricultural Sciences]

Assisted reproductive technologies in all mammals are critically dependent on the quality of the oocytes used to produce embryos. For reasons not fully clear, oocytes matured in vitro tend to be much less competent to become fertilized, advance to the blastocyst stage, and give rise to live young than their...

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