The usefulness of rabbit serum as a culture medium for postimplantation rat embryos was examined. Rat embryos at day 9.5 of gestation were cultured in a mixture of rat and rabbit sera at various ratios (v/v) for 48 h. In 100% rat serum, a usual medium, rat embryos grew well. On the contrary, rat emb
Human serum as a culture medium for rat embryos
โ Scribed by C. E. Steele
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-682X
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