1:30 PM 262. ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE IN THE PREIMPLANTATION MOUSE EMBRYO ARE NOT MEDIATED BY IGF-I. Markham, Kathryn¹, Kaye, Peter¹, ¹
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1:45 PM 263. VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION INDICATES ROLE IN TESTIS MORPHOGENESIS AND SERTOLI-GERM CELL INTERACTIONS DURING EMBRYONIC TESTIS DEVELOPMENT. Clopton, Debra¹, Toombs, Candice¹, Cupp, Andrea¹, ¹
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2:00 PM 264. THE DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION PATTERN OF SMAD2 AND SMAD3 IN RAT TESTES. Xu, Jian¹, Oakley, Jennifer¹, McGee, Elizabeth¹, ¹
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2:15 PM 265. THE RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE KIT SIGNALING THROUGH PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (PI) 3-KINASE STIMULATES MOUSE LEYDIG CELL STEROIDOGENESIS. Rothschild, Gerson¹, Sottas, Chantal², Kissel, Holger¹, Hardy, Matthew², Besmer, Peter¹, ^{1 2}
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2:30 PM 266. IMPROVING BOVINE EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN VITRO BY ADDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR IN OOCYTE MATURATION MEDIUM. Freitas, Camila¹, Martins, Alicio^1,2, Negrelli, Giuliano¹, Carvalho, Paula Helena¹, Takada, Luciana¹, Brackett, Benjamin², Abrahão, Regina¹, ^{1 2}
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2:45 PM 267. EFFECTS OF TGF- AND GDF-9 ON CUMULUS EXPANSION AND PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION BY OOCYTECTOMIZED OOCYTE-CUMULUS CELL COMPLEXES. Vanderhyden, Barbara^1,2, Nagyova, Eva³, Dhawan, Anil^1,2, ^{1 2 3}
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3:00 PM 268. RECOMBINANT HUMAN RELAXIN INCREASES MIGRATION OF RAT MYOBLASTS . Silvertown, Joshua¹, Poterski, Roman¹, Summerlee, Alastair¹, ¹
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3:15 PM 269. EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON PORCINE OOCYTE MATURATION AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO. Swain, Jason¹, Bormann, Charles ¹, Krisher, Rebecca ¹, ¹
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