Telomeres and human reproduction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-29

  Kalmbach, Keri Horan ^a   Fontes Antunes, Danielle Mota ^a,b   Dracxler, Roberta Caetano ^a,c   Knier, Taylor Warner ^a   Seth Smith, Michelle Louise ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Liu, Lin ^d   Keefe, David Lawrence ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Reproductive aging; telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM LINE; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 84871868126     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.039     Document Type: Review

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