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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:15Oocyte Collection
- 03:49Preparation of freezing and thawing solutions
- 06:32Freezing protocol
- 11:39Thawing protocol
- 13:18Representative results
In this video-article we present a step-by-step demonstration on how to collect and cryopreserve hamster oocytes with high post-thaw survival rates. The same procedure can also be applied to successfully freeze and thaw mouse embryos at different stages of preimplantation development.
