The position of the germinal vesicle and the chromatin organization together provide a marker of the developmental competence of mouse antral oocytes

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Based on their chromatin organization, antral oocytes can be classified into two classes, namely surrounded nucleolus (SN, chromatin forms a ring around the nucleolus), and not surrounded nucleolus (NSN, chromatin has a diffuse pattern). Oocytes of both classes are capable of meiotic resumption, but while SN oocytes, following fertilization, develop to term, NSN oocytes never develop beyond the two-cell stage. A...

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