Development of the competence of bovine oocytes to release cortical granules and block polyspermy after meiotic maturation

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 607-615

  Wang, Weihua ^a,b   Hosoe, Misa ^a   Li, Rongfeng ^a,c   Shioya, Yasuo ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Confocal microscopy; Cortical reaction; Oocyte; Polyspermy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYSPERMY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 0030931626     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-4-00008.x     Document Type: Article

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