Methylation reprogramming and chromosomal aneuploidy in in vivo fertilized and cloned rabbit preimplantation embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 340-347

  Shi, Wei ^a,d   Dirim, Fatma ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^a   Zakhartchenko, Valeri ^a   Haaf, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Cumulus cells; Early development; Embryo; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, ORGANISM; DNA METHYLATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOME; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3142699890     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.024554     Document Type: Article

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