Birth of normal mice following round spermatid injection without artificial oocyte activation

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 534-538

  Ogonuki, Narumi ^a   Inoue, Kimiko ^a,b   Ogura, Atsuo ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium oscillations; Mouse; Oocyte activation; Round spermatid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 80052582946     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-008M     Document Type: Article

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