A new culture technique that allows in vitro meiotic prophase development of fetal human oocytes
Author(s) -
Miguel A. BrieñoEnríquez,
Pedro Robles,
Raquel Garcia-Cruz,
Ignasi Roig,
L. Cabero,
Flavio Martı́nez,
M. Garcı́a
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dep351
Subject(s) - synapsis , meiosis , biology , oocyte , andrology , homologous recombination , in vitro , synaptonemal complex , oogenesis , homologous chromosome , prophase , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , embryo , medicine , dna , gene
Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate meiosis in the human female fetus as a result of the technical difficulties in obtaining samples. Currently, there is no technique for human fetal oocyte culture that permits the maintenance of fetal ovarian tissue in vitro which allows the progression of meiosis in a reproducible and standardized way.
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