The zygote

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL .1, 2012, Pages

  Papale, Loredana ^a   Fiorentino, Agnese ^a   Montag, Markus ^a   Tomasi, Giovanna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; POLAR BODY; PRONUCLEAR MEMBRANE; SYNGAMY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84864607837     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des205     Document Type: Article

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