Embryo culture : methods and protocols / edited by Gary D. Smith, Jason E. Swain, Thomas B. Pool. — New York : Humana Press, c2012. – (58.17/M592/v.912) |
Contents
Contents
Contributors
1 Historical Background of Gamete and Embryo Culture
2 Utility of Animal Models for Human Embryo Culture Development: Rodents
3 Utility of Animal Models for Human Embryo Culture Development: Domestic Species
4 Utility of Animal Models for Human Embryo Culture Nonhuman Primates
5 Media Compulsion: Salts and Osmolality
6 Media Composition: Energy Sources and Metabolism
7 Media Composition: Amino Acids and Cellular Homeostasis
8 Media Composition: Macromolecules and Embryo Growth
9 Media Composition: Antioxidants/Chelators and Cellular Function
10 Media Composition: pH and Buffers
11 Media Composition: Growth Factors
12 Culture Systems: Single Step
13 Culture Systems: Sequential
14 Culture Systems: Embryo Co-Culture
15 Culture Systems: Low-Oxygen Culture
16 Culture Systems: Embryo Density
17 Culture Systems: Air Quality
18 Culture Systems: Mineral Oil Overlay
19 Culture Systems: Physiological and Environmental Factors That Can Affect the Outcome of Human ART
20 Culture Systems: Fluid Dynamic Embryo Culture Systems (Microfluidics)
21 Human Embryo Culture Media Comparisons
22 Culture Systems: Embryo Culture and Monozygotic Twinning
23 Embryo Culture and Epigenetics
Index 423