The problematic in-vitro embryo in the age of epigenetics

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Johnson, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Human; In vitro; Mitochondria; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 15044355285     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62213-4     Document Type: Article

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