Combined immunocytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analysis of meiosis I oocytes from normal human females

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-38

  Barlow, A L ^a,c   Hulten M A ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal ovaries; Human; Meiosis; Oocytes; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OVARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031991687     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400005050     Document Type: Article

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