Melatonin Improves the Quality of In Vitro Produced (IVP) Bovine Embryos: Implications for Blastocyst Development, Cryotolerance, and Modifications of Relevant Gene Expression

Feng Wang; XiuZhi Tian; YanHua Zhou; DunXian Tan; ShiEn Zhu; YunPing Dai; GuoShi Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093641

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Melatonin Improves the Quality of In Vitro Produced (IVP) Bovine Embryos: Implications for Blastocyst Development, Cryotolerance, and Modifications of Relevant Gene Expression

Feng Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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XiuZhi Tian,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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YanHua Zhou,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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DunXian Tan,

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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ShiEn Zhu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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YunPing Dai,

Affiliation State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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GuoShi Liu

* E-mail: gshliu@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Melatonin Improves the Quality of In Vitro Produced (IVP) Bovine Embryos: Implications for Blastocyst Development, Cryotolerance, and Modifications of Relevant Gene Expression

Feng Wang,
XiuZhi Tian,
YanHua Zhou,
DunXian Tan,
ShiEn Zhu,
YunPing Dai,
GuoShi Liu

Published: April 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093641

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