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Recapitulation of the ovum mutant (Om) phenotype and loss of Om locus polarity in cloned mouse embryos.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Feb 2005
Gao Shaorong, Wu Guangming, Han Zhiming, de la Casa-Esperón Elena, Sapienza Carmen, Latham Keith E
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The ovum mutant (Om) locus in mice affects early interactions between sperm and egg that in turn affect viability of embryos beyond the morula stage. Crosses of DDK females to males of many other inbred strains are 95% lethal around the morula stage, whereas reciprocal crosses are fully viable. Available data indicate that the early lethality is the result of an interaction between a factor in the ooplasm and the...
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