Fertilization, embryonic development and implantation of mouse oocytes with one or two laser-drilled holes in the zona, and inseminated at different sperm concentrations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1273-1280

  Liow, S L ^a   Bongso, A ^a   Ng, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Laser; Mouse; Oocytes; Photoablation; Spermatozoa; Zona drilling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LASER; MICROSURGERY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYPLOIDY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030016677     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019371     Document Type: Article

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