Beneficial effects of electrical stimulation before round spermatid nuclei injections into rabbit oocytes on fertilization and subsequent embryonic development

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 176-185

  Sofikitis, N V ^a   Toda, T ^a   Miyagawa, I ^a   Zavos, P M ^a   Pasyianos, P ^a   Mastelou, E ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; laser microscope; rabbit; round spermatid

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROINJECTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RABBIT; SPERMATID; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030023984     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58048-0     Document Type: Article

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