Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1539-1547 , December 2010

Aging changes the chromatin configuration and histone methylation of mouse oocytes at germinal vesicle stage

  • I. Manosalva

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Current address: Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Tel.: +81-75-751-4013; fax: +81-75-751-4807
    • ,
  • A. González

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Received 3 March 2010 ,Revised 26 May 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.024

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1539-1547 , December 2010

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