Fertilisability and developmental ability of mouse oocytes with reduced amounts of cytoplasm

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-346

  Wakayama, T ^a,b   Yanagimachi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Development; Fertilisation; Half; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032197243     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719949800029X     Document Type: Article

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