Impaired development of zygotes with uneven pronuclear size

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Sadowy, Sasha ^a   Tomkin, Giles ^a   Munné, Santiago ^a   Ferrara Congedo, Toni ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a  

^a Saint Barnabas Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fertilisation; FISH; Pronucleus; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; ZYGOTE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032060035     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199498000057     Document Type: Article

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