Mitochondrial content reflects oocyte variability and fertilization outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 584-591

  Santos, Teresa Almeida ^a   El Shourbagy, Shahy ^b   St John, Justin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fertilization; Human; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 32944459568     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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