pH: the silent variable significantly impacting meiotic spindle assembly in mouse oocytes

Temperature fluctuation negatively impacts the assembly and function of the meiotic spindle, but does pH have a similar effect? Polarized light microscopy was used to study the spindle in living mouse oocytes under different pH conditions. Female mice (n = 53) were superovulated, and oocytes collect...

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Published in:Reproductive biomedicine online 2018-09, Vol.37 (3), p.279-290
Main Authors: Swearman, Harriet, Koustas, George, Knight, Emily, Liperis, Georgios, Grupen, Christopher, Sjoblom, Cecilia
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Meiosis - physiology
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retardance
Spindle Apparatus - physiology
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