Ultrastructural study of polyspermy during early embryo development in pigs, observed by scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-275

  Xia, Ping ^a   Wang, Zhouji ^b   Yang, Zengming ^b   Tan, Jinghe ^b   Qin, Pengchun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Lysosome; Morphology; Oocytes; Pig; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MORULA; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORULA; PREGNANCY; SPERM HEAD; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035111844     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000315     Document Type: Article

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