Functional analysis of activation of porcine oocytes by spermatozoa, calcium ionophore, and electrical pulse

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-353

  Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical reaction; Embryo development; Oocyte activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IONOPHORES; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031667718     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199811)51:3<346::AID-MRD15>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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