Injection of sperm cytosolic factor into mouse metaphase II oocytes induces different developmental fates according to the frequency of [Ca2+](i) oscillations and oocyte age

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1370-1379

  Gordo, Ana Carla ^a,b   Wu, Hua ^a   He, Chang Li ^a   Fissore, Rafael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSCILLATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034090870     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.5.1370     Document Type: Article

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