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<p>The mammalian zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular matrix that surrounds immature and mature oocytes and early embryos until the stage of a blastocyst and its implantation. This mini-review summarizes basic information on the ZP and its morphologic and functional changes during <italic>in vitro</italic> oocyte maturation and fertilization and <italic>in vivo</italic> pre-implantation embryo development.</p>
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The mammalian zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular matrix that surrounds immature and mature oocytes and early embryos until the stage of a blastocyst and its implantation. This mini-review summarizes basic information on the ZP and its morphologic and functional changes during in vitro oocyte maturation and fertilization and in vivo pre-implantation embryo development.

Changes of the zona pellucida patterns during oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals: mini-review

Department of Animal Morphology, Physiology and Genetics, Faculty of AgriSciences

Department of Genetics and Reproductive Biotechnologies

Department of Basic and Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences

Medical Journal of Cell Biology

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The mammalian zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular matrix that surrounds immature and mature oocytes and early embryos until the stage of a blastocyst and...

Changes of the zona pellucida patterns during oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals: mini-review

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Feb 03, 2022

Accepted: Mar 16, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acb-2022-0004

Keywords
mammals, zona pellucida morphology, ZP glycoproteins, maturation and fertilization, pre-implantation development

© 2022 Ivona Travnickova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Changes of the zona pellucida patterns during oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals: mini-review

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Feb 03, 2022

Accepted: Mar 16, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acb-2022-0004

Keywordsmammals, zona pellucida morphology, ZP glycoproteins, maturation and fertilization, pre-implantation development

© 2022 Ivona Travnickova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mammals, zona pellucida morphology, ZP glycoproteins, maturation and fertilization, pre-implantation development