Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy after human ooplasmic transplantation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-578

  Brenner, Carol A ^a   Barritt, Jason A ^a   Willadsen, Steen ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a  

^a Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic transplantation; Human embryo; Human oocyte; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OOCYTE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CYTOPLASM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033825206     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00681-6     Document Type: Article

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