Increased birefringence in the meiotic spindle provides a new marker for the onset of activation in living oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Liu, Lin ^a   Trimarchi, James R ^b   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b   Keefe, David L ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Fertilization; IVF ART; Oocyte development; Ovum

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033934094     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.1.251     Document Type: Article

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