Ultrastructural aspects of mammalian fertilization: New discoveries and inspirations from the work of Daniel Szöllösi

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 629-641

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Schatten, Gerald ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocyte maturation; Fertilization; Mammals; Nuclear transfer; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROSOME; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032195566     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19980605     Document Type: Article

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