Detection and quantification of maternal-effect gene transcripts in mouse second polar bodies: potential markers of embryo developmental competence.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that quantification of messenger RNAs originating from the second polar body (PB(2)) provides a noninvasive tool for assessing embryo quality.Design: Prospective study.Setting: Hospital-based academic research laboratory.Animal(s): CD1 female mice.Intervention(s): M...

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Published in:Fertility & Sterility Vol. 99; no. 7; pp. 2055 - 2062
Main Authors: Jiao, Ze-Xu, Woodruff, Teresa K
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Jun2013
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