The Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) is considered as an endemic sturgeon of the south part of the Caspian Sea and provides the highest Iranian caviar production. Due to overfishing, degradation of the rivers conditions of the natural reproductive habitats, the fish stocks is decreasing. The immature breeders do not response to hormonal therapy at the sturgeon hatcheries as most having PI...

In Vitro Maturation (IVM) is a method that immature oocytes in antral follicles are extracted and matured in laboratry conditions. This review has attempted to provide the current knowledge and recent findings in in vitro maturation of oocytes and highlights the most important factors involved in this process. The review is based on literature reports and the author’s experience. In IVM cycles,...

background:   objective: this study was designed to examine the effects of hp on in-vitro maturation of oocytes and cell death in cumulus cells derived from vitrified-warmed mouse ovaries.   materials and methods: preovulatory follicles were harvested from non-vitrified and vitrified-warmed 6-8 week-old female nmri mouse ovaries and randomly assigned to following groups: non-vitrified (control)...

The evaluation of the interplay between kerogen maturation and total organic carbon (TOC) content within an organic-rich shale is critical to characterizing source rock shale's elastic behavior. We analysed a comprehensive database twenty-nine well logs, two 3D seismic surveys, geochemical data eighteen wells Draupne Formation in Norwegian North Sea. Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Shale found th...