Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Mammals

Part I. Assisted Fertilization. Developments in Animal Reproductive Biotechnology, Robert H. Foote. Advances in Animal In Vitro Fertilization, Benjamin G. Brackett. Control of Oocyte Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Maturation, Gary D. Smith. In Vitro Oocyte Maturation: Human Aspects, Jeffrey B. Russell. Measurement of Reproductive Potential in the Human Female, Philip E. Patton. Imaging Technology in Assisted Reproduction, Roger A. Pierson. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection or Conventional Fertilization to Maximize the Number of Viable Embryos, Susan E. Lanzendorf and Catherine Boyd. The Production of Viable Human Blastocyts: The Evolution of Sequential Culture Systems, Thomas B. Poole and Joseph E. Martin. Embryo Transfer: A Concise and Practical Summary of the Techniques, Kenneth A. Burry. Cryopreservation of Mammalian Embryos, Gametes, and Ovarian Tissue: Current Issues and Progress, William F. Rall. Satellite and Transport In Vitro Fertilization, Paul F. Kaplan, Douglas J Austin, and Marsha J. Gorrill. Assisted Reproductive Laboratory: Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Continuous Quality Improvement in a Regulatory Environment, William Byrd. Part II. Nuclear Transfer. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transplantation in Cattle, James M. Robl. Nuclear Modifications and Reprogramming After Nuclear Transfer, Randall S. Prather. Application of ARTs and Nuclear Transfer in Exotic or Endangered Species, Kenneth L. White, Thomas D. Bunch, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, and William A. Reed. Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Nonhuman Primates, Nadia Ouhibi, Mary B. Zelinski-Wooten, James A. Thomson, and Don P. Wolf. Cloning and Nuclear Transfer in Humans, Don P. Wolf. Index