Reproductive and epigenetic outcomes associated with aging mouse oocytes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2032-2044

  Lopes, Flavia I ^a   Fortier, Amanda I ^a   Darricarrère, Nicole ^a   Chan, Donovan ^a   Arnold, Daniel R ^a   Trasler, Jacquetta M ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AGING; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESORPTION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GIANT CELL; LETHALITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATING; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYTES; PLACENTA; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 65549089592     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp127     Document Type: Article

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