Timing of the first zygotic cleavage as a marker of developmental potential of mammalian embryos

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-42

  Lechniak, Dorota ^a   Pers Kamczyc, Emilia ^a   Pawlak, Piotr ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromosome abnormalities; Embryo; Gene expression; In vitro culture; Quality; Sex

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 49149104035     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60002-3     Document Type: Review

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