Fertilization

Known as: impregnation, fecundation, syngamy 
The union of gametes of opposite sexes during the process of sexual reproduction to form a zygote. It involves the fusion of the gametic nuclei… (More)
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2017
Review
2017
Biofertilizers and sustainable agriculture: exploring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Worldwide agricultural food production has to double in 2050 so as to feed the global increasing population while reducing… (More)
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2017
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2017
Transgenerational epigenetics: Integrating soma to germline communication with gametic inheritance.
Evidence supporting germline mediated epigenetic inheritance of environmentally induced traits has increasingly emerged over the… (More)
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2017
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2017
Soil Salinity : Effect on Vegetable Crop Growth . Management Practices to Prevent and Mitigate Soil Salinization
Salinity is a major problem affecting crop production all over the world: 20% of cultivated land in the world, and 33% of… (More)
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2017
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2017
Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish
High-resolution serial-section electron microscopy (ssEM) makes it possible to investigate the dense meshwork of axons, dendrites… (More)
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2016
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2016
Post-Translational Modifications in sperm Proteome: The Chemistry of Proteome diversifications in the Pathophysiology of male factor infertility.
BACKGROUND The spermatozoa undergo a series of changes in the epididymis to mature after their release from the testis and… (More)
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Review
2016
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2016
The Dark Side of Cell Fusion
Cell fusion is a physiological cellular process essential for fertilization, viral entry, muscle differentiation and placental… (More)
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Review
2015
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2015
Arthropod venom Hyaluronidases: biochemical properties and potential applications in medicine and biotechnology
Hyaluronidases are enzymes that mainly degrade hyaluronan, the major glycosaminoglycan of the interstitial matrix. They are… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A mesoscale phytoplankton bloom in the polar Southern Ocean stimulated by iron fertilization
Changes in iron supply to oceanic plankton are thought to have a significant effect on concentrations of atmospheric carbon… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Pregnancies after intracytoplasmic injection of single spermatozoon into an oocyte.
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a promising assisted-fertilisation technique that may benefit women who have not… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Fast and sensitive silver staining of DNA in polyacrylamide gels.
The photochemically derived silver stain of nucleic acids in polyacrylamide gels originally described by Merril et al. (1981… (More)
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