Development of the human dispermic embryo

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-560

  Sathananthan, A H ^a   Tarin, J J ^b   Gianaroli, L ^c   Ng, S C ^d   Dharmawardena, V ^a   Magli, M C ^c   Fernando, R ^a   Trounson, A O ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c SISMER   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMERE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; CENTRIOLES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOSAICISM; OOCYTES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032738120     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/5.5.553     Document Type: Review

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