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IN 1890 and 1897, Heape1 demonstrated the unimportance of somatic tissue to the germ cells by his successful transplantation of rabbit ova to a uterine foster mother. In 1934, Pincus and Enzmann2 obtained normal young by transplanting rabbit ova fertilized or cultured in vitro. Recently3, I reported normal development of ova stored at low temperature, and an optimal temperature for storage. I now have data on the probability of normal development after various treatments.
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CHANG, MC. Transplantation of Fertilized Rabbit Ova: the Effect on Viability of Age, in vitro Storage Period, and Storage Temperature. Nature 161, 978–979 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161978a0
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