Ciba Foundation Symposium "Preimplantation Stages of Pregnancy" / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019392303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1965
• ISBN: 9786613620873; 9781280591044; 1280591048; 9780470719435; 0470719435; 9780470716977; 0470716975
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (444 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); O'ConnorMaeve
• Disciplina: 618.2
• Soggetti: Pregnancy; Conception; Embryology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PREIMPLANTATION STAGES OF PREGNANCY; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Ultrastructural changes in the egg during fertilization and the initiation of cleavage; Discussion; The fine structure of the blastocyst: some comparative studies; Discussion; Studies of the development of mouse embryos in vitro: energy metabolism; Discussion; Properties of cultured preimplantation mouse and rabbit embryos, and cell strains derived from them; Discussion; Studies of regulation of mouse ova in vitro; Discussion; Nucleic acid and protein synthesis in the developing mouse embryo.; Discussion; General DiscussionSperm penetration into and through the zona pellucida of the mammalian egg; Discussion; Embryonic and postnatal development of mouse chimeras; Experimental genetic mosaicism in the mouse; Discussion; Death and chromosome damage from irradiation of preimplantation stages; Discussion; Heteroploidy and ; embryonic death; Discussion; Rate of ovular development as a factor in embryonic survival; Discussion; Postnatal development of the mouse oviduct: transfer of serum antigens t o the tubal epithelium; Discussion; The role of the uterus in the early stages of mouse development; DiscussionThe influence of maternal environment on pre- implantation stages of pregnancy in the rabbit; Discussion; Hormonal steroids and preimplantation stages; Discussion; Group Discussion; Author index; Subject index
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