Mitochondrial DNA Assessment to Determine Oocyte and Embryo Viability

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 401-409

  Fragouli, Elpida ^a   Wells, Dagan ^a,b  

^a Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomarker; embryo; mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA; oocyte

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GENETIC MARKER;

AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CUMULUS CELL; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO VIABILITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE QUALITY; OVARIAN RESERVE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84951566842     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1567821     Document Type: Review

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