A detailed analysis of pronucleus development in bovine zygotes in vitro: Cell-cycle chronology and ultrastructure

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-199

  Laurincik J ^a   Hyttel, P ^b   Baran, V ^c   Eckert, J ^d   Lucas Hahn, A ^d   Pivko, J ^a   Niemann, H ^d   Brem, G ^e   Schellander, K ^e,f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine; Electron microscopy; In vitro fertilization; Nucleolus; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; G2 PHASE; MALE; S PHASE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 2642644602     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199806)50:2<192::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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