Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 959-966 , February 2010

Mitochondrial behaviors in the vitrified mouse oocyte and its parthenogenetic embryo: effect of Taxol pretreatment and relationship to competence

Received 15 August 2008 ,Revised 23 November 2008 ,Accepted 10 December 2008.

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 C-L.Y. has nothing to disclose. X-W.F. has nothing to disclose. G-B.Z. has nothing to disclose. X-M.Z. has nothing to disclose. L.S. has nothing to disclose. S-E.Z. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by National key technology R&D program (No.2006BAD14B08 and 2008BADB2B10).

PII: S0015-0282(08)04746-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.045

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 959-966 , February 2010

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