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Analysis of Mouse Oocyte Activation Suggests the Involvement of Sperm Perinuclear Material1
1 Jun 1998
Abstract excerpt
The mouse oocyte can be activated by injection of a single, intact mouse spermatozoon or its isolated head. Isolated tails are unable to activate the oocyte. Active sperm-borne oocyte-activating factor(s) (SOAF) appears during transformation of the round spermatid into the spermatozoon. The action of SOAF is not highly species-specific: mouse oocytes are activated by injection of spermatozoa from foreign species,...
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