Effect of centrifugation and electrical activation on male pronucleus formation and embryonic development of porcine oocytes reconstructed with intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-563

  Yong, Hwan Yul ^a,b   Hong, Ji Young ^c   Pak, Sun Il ^c   Kang, Sung Keun ^a,d   Lee, Byeong Chun ^a,d   Lee, Eun Song ^c   Hwang, Woo Suk ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

BOVINAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 21344443920     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04022     Document Type: Article

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