Acquirement of Oocyte-activating Factor in Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Spermatogenic Cells, Assessed by Meiosis Resumption of Microinseminated Mouse Oocytes

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Amemiya, Kazue ^a   Iwanami, Yoshihito ^a   Kobayashi, Toshihiro ^a   Terao, Tatsuma ^a   Fukui, Yutaka ^b   Ishikawa, Hajime ^c   Ohsumi, Seiji ^c   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^d,e   Hochi, Shinichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c T   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg activation; Minke whale; Mouse test; Sperm factor; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645278456     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.21.149     Document Type: Article

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