Telomere lengths in human pronuclei, oocytes and spermatozoa

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 510-518

  Turner, S ^a,b   Hartshorne, G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Fertilization; Oocyte; Sperm; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOZOON; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; ZYGOTE;

DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION; OOCYTE; SPERM; TELOMERE;

ADULT; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880732601     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat021     Document Type: Article

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