Spermatid conception: A stage too early, or a time too soon?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1371-1375

  Fishel, Simon ^a   Aslam, Irfan ^a   Tesarik, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CENTROSOME; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SPERMATID;

EID: 0029835590     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019402     Document Type: Review

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