Maturation of bovine cumulus oocyte complexes in follicular fluid with or without estradiol, progesterone or the combination affects cumulus cell expansion and blastocyst development

• Audra W. Harl,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Business, Agriculture & Career Technical Education (BACTE), Shasta College, Redding, California, United States

  Affiliation School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Verónica M. Negrón-Pérez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Animal Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

  Affiliation School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jacob W. Stewart,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Clinical Health Professions, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, United States

  Affiliation School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• George A. Perry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Overton, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-9046

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• Alan D. Ealy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-6578

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• Michelle L. Rhoads

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhoadsm@vt.edu

  Affiliation School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-6430

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