Time course of meiotic spindle development in MII oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-62

  Kilani, Suha ^a   Cooke, Simon ^a   Chapman, Michael ^b  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; ICSI; Meiotic spindle; Spindle retardance; Time course

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KINETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 79952984050     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199410000110     Document Type: Article

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