Ultrastructural study of cat zona pellucida during oocyte maturation and fertilization

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 425-434

  Martinova, Yordanka ^a   Petrov, Malcho ^b   Mollova, Margarita ^a   Rashev, Pavel ^a   Ivanova, Maria ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cat fertilization; Ultrastructure; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 51249112212     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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