Competence to undergo normal, fertilization-induced cortical activation develops after metaphase I of meiosis in mouse oocytes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 95-104

  Ducibella, Tom ^a   Buetow, Jan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0028145236     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1994.1237     Document Type: Article

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