Sperm head decondensation, pronuclear formation, cleavage and embryonic development following intracytoplasmic injection of mitochondria-damaged sperm in mammals

Zygote

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-253

  Ahmadi, Ali ^a   Ng, Soon Chye ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Dead sperm; Development; Male pronuclear formation; Mitochondria damaged; Oocyte; Sperm; Sperm head decondensation

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

CYANIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 123;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRICETINAE; CYANIDES; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; PROPIDIUM; RHODAMINE 123; RHODAMINES; SPERM HEAD;

EID: 0031196723     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003683     Document Type: Article

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