Cytoskeletal alteration in aged porcine oocytes and parthenogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Kim, Nam Hyung ^a   Moon, Seung Ju ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged Oocytes; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Parthenogenesis; Pig

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 9244244780     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199604)43:4<513::aid-mrd14>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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