Induced ovulation in mature mice and developmental capacity of the embryos in vitro.
Embryos from gonadotrophin-treated mature mice were cultured from the two-cell to the early implantation stage. Their developmental capacity was very similar to that of spontaneously ovulated eggs.
D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D010060:Ovulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013480:Superovulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014327:Trophoblasts
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006062:Gonadotropins; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine