Mitochondrial transfer: Implications for assisted reproductive technologies

Applied and Translational Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-47

  Reznichenko, A S ^a   Huyser, C ^b   Pepper, M S ^b  

^a Medfem Fertility Clinic   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BLASTOMERE TRANSFER; CELL THERAPY; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSFER; OOPLASMIC TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEAR TRANSFER; REVIEW; SPINDLE TRANSFER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 85006414941     PISSN: 22120661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atg.2016.10.001     Document Type: Review

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