Chromatin decondensation, pronucleus formation, metaphase entry and chromosome complements of human spermatozoa after intracytoplasmic sperm injection into hamster oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1336-1345

  Goud, P T ^a,b   Goud, A P ^a   Rybouchkin, A V ^a   De Sutter, P ^a   Dhont, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Infertility Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICSI; Male pronucleus asynchrony; Parthenogenetic activation; Sperm karyotyping; Spontaneous activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0031811450     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1336     Document Type: Article

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