Pre- and Peri-/Post-Compaction Follistatin Treatment Increases In Vitro Production of Cattle Embryos

Guo Zhenhua; Sandeep K. Rajput; Joseph K. Folger; Liu Di; Jason G. Knott; George W. Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170808

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Pre- and Peri-/Post-Compaction Follistatin Treatment Increases In Vitro Production of Cattle Embryos

Guo Zhenhua ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guo Zhenhua, Sandeep K. Rajput

Affiliations Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (HAAS), Harbin, P.R. China, Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Sandeep K. Rajput ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guo Zhenhua, Sandeep K. Rajput

Affiliations Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Joseph K. Folger,

Affiliations Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Liu Di,

Affiliations Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (HAAS), Harbin, P.R. China, Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Jason G. Knott,

Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America, Developmental Epigenetics Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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George W. Smith

* E-mail: smithge7@msu.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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Pre- and Peri-/Post-Compaction Follistatin Treatment Increases In Vitro Production of Cattle Embryos

Guo Zhenhua,
Sandeep K. Rajput,
Joseph K. Folger,
Liu Di,
Jason G. Knott,
George W. Smith

Published: January 25, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170808

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