Develop to term rat oocytes injected with heat-dried sperm heads.

This study investigated the development of rat oocytes in vitro and in vivo following intracytoplasmic injection of heads from spermatozoa heat-dried at 50°C for 8 h and stored at 4°C in different gas phases. Sperm membrane and chromosome are damaged by the process of heat-drying. Oocyte activation...

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Main Authors: Kyung-Bon Lee, Ki-Eun Park, In-Kiu Kwon, Swamy K Tripurani, Keun Jung Kim, Ji Hye Lee, Koji Niwa, Min Kyu Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3817241?pdf=render