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Fate of microinjected sperm components in the mouse oocyte and embryo
1 Nov 1997
Abstract excerpt
Intact mouse sperm or mouse sperm tails alone, labelled with MitoTracker Green FM fluorochrome, were injected into mouse oocytes and the cells cultured in vitro for up to 5 days. The dye stained midpiece mitochondria, the sperm tail coarse fibres and the sperm perforatorium. Intact sperm (or tails injected with separated heads) induced normal embryonic development. The mitochondria could be identified in embryos...
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