Why is chromosome segregation error in oocytes increased with maternal aging?

Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 314-325

  Wang, Zhen Bo ^a   Schatten, Heide ^b   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTES;

EID: 80054770311     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00020.2011     Document Type: Article

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