Synchronization of the ovulation and copulation timings increased the number of in vivo fertilized oocytes in superovulated female mice

• Satohiro Nakao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satohiro Nakao, Kotono Ito

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3139-7931

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• Kotono Ito ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satohiro Nakao, Kotono Ito

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Chihiro Sugahara,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Hitomi Watanabe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Biological Science, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Gen Kondoh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Biological Science, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Naomi Nakagata,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Biotechnology and Innovation, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Toru Takeo

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: takeo@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-651X

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