Effects of aging on the zona pellucida surface of mouse oocytes

Jose Egozcue Cuixart; Maria Del Carme Nogues Sanmiquel; Montserrat Ponsa Fontanals; Francesca Vidal Dominguez

doi:10.1007/BF01131126

Effects of aging on the zona pellucida surface of mouse oocytes

Jose Egozcue Cuixart, Maria Del Carme Nogues Sanmiquel, Montserrat Ponsa Fontanals, Francesca Vidal Dominguez

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Abstract

In a scanning microscopy study of mouse oocytes from immature, young, and aged females and of oocytes aged in vivo or in vitro, we have observed four types of zona pellucida, which we classify as types A, B, C, and D. Oocyte aging gives rise to a significant increase in predegenerative (type C) oocytes; this type of zona pellucida surface could result from a zona hardening effect and decrease the rate of fertilization of the oocytes affected. © 1988 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-229
Journal	Journal of in vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01131126
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 1988

Keywords

mouse oocytes
oocyte aging
scanning electron microscopy
zona pellucida

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