Determining the first cleavage of the mouse zygote

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-163

  Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0038300649     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61704-X     Document Type: Article

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