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When sperm meets egg.

Authors :
Senior, Kathryn
Source :
Lancet. 1/27/2001, Vol. 357 Issue 9252, p287. 1/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

States that the entry point of a sperm when it fertilizes a mouse egg determines the plane along which the zygote first divides, according to researchers in England. Implications for the findings for the understanding of human embryology; Details of the sperm entry point (SEP) study made by Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and Karolina Piotrowska of the Wellcome/CRC Institute in Cambridge.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
357
Issue :
9252
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Lancet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
4015731
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71731-1