Inviability of parthenogenones is determined by pronuclei, not egg cytoplasm.

doi:10.1038/310066a0

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Inviability of parthenogenones is determined by pronuclei, not egg cytoplasm.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Mann J R, Lovell-Badge R H

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Parthenogenetic mouse embryos pose an interesting problem in the study of early mammalian development. Haploid or diploid parthenogenones, resulting from spontaneous or experimental activation of unfertilized eggs, will undergo apparently normal preimplantation development but die in the early po...

Topics

Animals
Cell Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Embryo, Mammalian
Female
Fertilization
Mice
Ovum
Parthenogenesis
Phenotype

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