Oocyte ageing and epigenetics

Reproduction

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2015, Pages R103-R114

  Ge, Zhao Jia ^a,b   Schatten, Heide ^c   Zhang, Cui Lian ^a   Sun, Qing Yuan ^b  

^a HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NUTRITION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AGING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84922384330     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-14-0242     Document Type: Article

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