Meiotic competence of equine oocytes and pronucleus formation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) as related to granulosa cell apoptosis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2065-2072

  Dell'Aquila, Maria Elena ^a   Albrizio, Maria ^a   Maritato, Filippo ^a   Minoia, Paolo ^a   Hinrichs, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Assisted reproductive technology; Fertilization; Gamete biology; Granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELLS; HORSES; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MATURATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0038174734     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.009852     Document Type: Article

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