How to repair the oocyte and zygote?

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-587

  Fulka, Helena ^a   Langerova, Alena ^b   Barnetova, Irena ^a   Novakova, Zora ^a   Mosko, Tibor ^a   Fulka, Josef ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Gennet   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cytoplasm; Embryo; Micromanipulations; Nucleolus; Nucleus; Oocyte; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MICROMANIPULATION; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZYGOTE;

EID: 74349104000     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-085H     Document Type: Article

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