Oocyte biology and genetics revelations from polar bodies

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-409

  Gitlin, Sue A ^a   Gibbons, W E ^a   Gosden, R G ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Gene defect; Micromanipulation; Oocyte; Polar body

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION;

EID: 0038236555     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62158-X     Document Type: Review

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