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female pronucleus

The pronucleus originating from the ovum that is being fertilized. [GOC:hjd, ISBN:0198506732]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Dynamic chromatin modifications characterise the first cell cycle in mouse embryos.
On fertilisation, gametes undergo epigenetic reorganisation and re-establish totipotency. Here, we investigate links between… 
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Review
2002
Review
2002
The molecular foundations of the maternal to zygotic transition in the preimplantation embryo.
  • R. Schultz
  • Human reproduction update
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 30206035
The maternal to zygotic transition is the first major transition that occurs following fertilization, and entails a dramatic… 
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Regulation of transcriptional activity during the first and second cell cycles in the preimplantation mouse embryo.
Transcription of endogenous genes in preimplantation 1- and 2-cell mouse embryos was determined by monitoring the incorporation… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Differential H4 acetylation of paternal and maternal chromatin precedes DNA replication and differential transcriptional activity in pronuclei of 1-cell mouse embryos.
In the mouse embryo, transcriptional activation begins during S/G2 phase of the first cell cycle when paternal and maternal… 
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Preliminary observations on polar body extrusion and pronuclear formation in human oocytes using time-lapse video cinematography.
In this study, we have used time-lapse video cinematography to study fertilization in 50 human oocytes that had undergone… 
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
In vitro growth and maturation of pig oocytes.
Preantral follicles containing oocytes of 70-89.5 microns in diameter were isolated from pig ovaries and cultured in collagen gel… 
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Effect of follicle somatic cells during pig oocyte maturation on egg penetrability and male pronucleus formation.
In order to investigate the effect of the somatic cells of the follicle on the preparation of the oocyte for fertilization three… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The timing of hamster sperm nuclear decondensation and male pronucleus formation is related to sperm nuclear disulfide bond content.
The relationship between the timing of both sperm nuclear decondensation and male pronucleus formation in the oocyte and the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Development of reconstituted mouse eggs suggests imprinting of the genome during gametogenesis
It has been suggested that the failure of parthenogenetic mouse embryos to develop to term is primarily due to their aberrant… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Role of paternal and maternal genomes in mouse development
There has been much speculation on whether mammalian eggs with two male pronuclei can develop normally. Eggs with two female… 
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