Veterinary Medicine Okayama University Year 2008 Effect of glucose and pyruvate on nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation of porcine oocytes in a chemically defined medium Hiroaki Funahashi * Takayuki Koike † Ryoko Sakai ‡ * Department of Animal Science, Okayama University, hirofun@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp † Department of Animal Science, Okayama University ‡ Department of Animal Science, Okayama University This paper is posted at eScholarship@OUDIR : Okayama University Digital Information Repository. http://escholarship.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/veterinary medicine/1