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Tae M Kim1, Woo S Hwang, Ji H Shin
1School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Irradiation of in-vitro-matured bovine oocytes with x-rays of different durations was performed to develop an alternative to conventional mechanical enucleation methods in somatic cell nuclear transfer. No significant difference in embryo development to the blastocyst stage was detected between nonmechanical and mechanical methods, and cytologic analyses of karyotype and microtubule formation showed the potential availability of x-ray irradiation.
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