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blas·to·cyst

 (blăs′tə-sĭst′)
n.
The modified blastula that is characteristic of placental mammals. Also called blastodermic vesicle.
blas′to·cys′tic adj.

blastocyst

(ˈblæstəʊˌsɪst)
n
1. (Biology) Also called: blastosphere the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
2. (Biology) another name for germinal vesicle

blas•to•cyst

(ˈblæs tə sɪst)

n.
the blastula of the mammalian embryo consisting of an inner cell mass, a cavity, and the trophoblast.
[1885–90]

blastocyst

(or blastula) A hollow ball of cells formed from a morula about five days after fertilization.
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Noun1.blastocyst - the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred
blastodermic vessicle
blastosphere, blastula - early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
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Failure to build the blastocyst will result in a miscarriage and yet the mechanisms underlying the construction of the blastocyst are mostly unknown.
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The hypothesis was that these cells should be less programmed than ES cells, which are taken from the 00-cell stage of development, called a blastocyst.
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The rates of cleavage and blastocyst stage embryos were determined on day 3 and 7, respectively.
Native plants (Phellodendron amurense and Humulus japonicus) extracts act as antioxidants to support developmental competence of bovine blastocysts
Seven days after fertilisation, the blastocyst is embedded and growing.
What's the difference? FERTILISATION AND CONCEPTION
The embryos were maintained in potassium Simplex Optimization Medium (KSOM) for 96 hr and allowed to grow until the blastocyst stage.
Embryonic stem cell conditioned medium supports in vitro maturation of mouse oocytes
Conclusion: The efficacy of blastocyst transfer is not inferior to that of embryo transfer on cleavage stage.
Day 3 embryo transfer versus day 5 blastocyst transfers: A prospective randomized controlled trial/Ucuncu gun embriyo transferlerinin 5. gun blastokist transferleriyle karsilastirilmasi: Prospektif, randomize, kontrollu bir calisma
Penzias and fellow committee members reviewed national data from 2013 that showed similar pregnancy rates for women aged 42 years and younger who received a single euploid blastocyst or two untested blastocysts.
New embryo transfer guidance promotes singletons
Group culture of day 3 good and low quality embryos influences the rate of high quality blastocyst formation in comparison with separate culture of low and high quality embryos.
Poor quality embryos hamper the development of high quality ones
Lipids are important sources of energy in all embryonic stages occurred before the blastocyst stage, where triglycerides are the main lipids synthesized in the cytoplasm of the bovine oocyte and embryo [12, 28].
Acumulacion de gotas lipidicas y potencial de desarrollo en embriones bovinos (Bos taurus x Bos indicus) producidos in vitro
The results showed that the blastocyst rates in injection 560 ng/uL Npm and 1000 ng/uL PGA groups were higher than those of other groups.
Effect of Prokaryotic Expressed Nucleoplasmin on the Efficiency of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in Banna Mini-pig Inbred Line
116 [+ or -] 2 h after insemination, should be a completely expanded blastocyst to the hatched blastocyst, with a pronounced ICM, which is easily discernable.
Assessment of the embryo quality in the procedure of in vitro fertilization/Procena kvaliteta embriona u postupku in vitro fertilizacije
Aiming to improve the IVF efficiency using low quality oocytes, experiment 2 (n=1454) assessed cleavage and blastocyst rates, as well as cell density.
Pre-incubation of porcine semen reduces the incidence of polyspermy on embryos derived from low quality oocytes/Pre-incubacao dos espermatozoides suinos diminui polispermia e aumenta a producao embrionaria em oocitos de baixa qualidade

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