New aspects of gamete transport, fertilization, and embryonic development in the oviduct gained by means of live cell imaging

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 786-795

  Kolle S ^a   Reese, S ^b   Kummer, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary transport; Early embryo; Fertilization; Live cell imaging; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; OOCYTES; OVUM TRANSPORT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649182688     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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