Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 26-34 , January 2010

IVM and gene expression of sheep cumulus–oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification

  • Bita Ebrahimi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115–111, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115–111, Tehran, Iran
    • Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Hossein Baharvand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • Department of Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Ali Farrokhi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Received 8 March 2009 ,Revised 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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 Bita Ebrahimi is a PhD Student in the Anatomy Department of Tarbiat Modarres University. She is currently completing her PhD thesis on reproductive biomedicine in the Royan Institute. Under the supervision of Professor Mojtaba Rezazadeh, Dr Poopak Eftekhari and Dr Hossein Baharvand, her research focuses on vitrification, in-vitro maturation and gene expression in the cumulus–oocyte complex.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00163-1

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.020

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