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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

Publicado en línea: 10 abr 2022

Páginas: 23 - 28

Recibido: 03 feb 2022

Aceptado: 16 mar 2022

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

Palabras clave
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

Publicado en línea: 10 abr 2022

Páginas: 23 - 28

Recibido: 03 feb 2022

Aceptado: 16 mar 2022

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

Palabras clavemammals, 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.

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