Potential significance of genomic imprinting defects for reproduction and assisted reproductive technology

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-18

  Lucifero, Diana ^a   Chaillet, J Richard ^b   Trasler, Jacquetta M ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Assisted reproductive technology; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Genomic imprinting; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 1342306129     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh002     Document Type: Review

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