Genomic imprints as a model for the analysis of epigenetic stability during assisted reproductive technologies

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-409

  Denomme, Michelle M ^a,b   Mann, Mellissa R W ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL MATURATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SILENT GENE;

ANIMALS; ECTOGENESIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84867167188     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0237     Document Type: Review

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