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Haploidy but Not Parthenogenetic Activation Leads to Increased Incidence of Apoptosis in Mouse Embryos1
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
Aneuploidy underlies failed development and possibly apoptosis of some preimplantation embryos. We employed a haploid model in the mouse to study the effects of aneuploidy on apoptosis in preimplantation embryos. Mouse metaphase II oocytes that were activated with strontium formed haploid parthenogenetic embryos with 1 pronucleus, whereas activation of oocytes with strontium plus cytochalasin D produced diploid...
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