zona pellucida

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zo·na pel·lu·ci·da

(zō′nə pə-lo͞o′sĭ-də, pĕl-yo͞o′-)

A thick transparent extracellular coat that surrounds the mammalian ovum and is composed of glycoproteins. Spermatozoa bind to the zona pellucida during fertilization.

[New Latin zōna pellūcida : Latin zōna, belt, girdle + Latin pellūcida, feminine of pellūcidus, transparent.]

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zo•na pel•lu•ci•da

(ˈzoʊ nə pəˈlu sɪ də, pɛlˈyu-)

n., pl. zo•nae pel•lu•ci•dae (ˈzoʊ ni pəˈlu sɪˌdi, pɛlˈyu-)

a transparent jellylike substance surrounding the ovum of mammals.

Also called zo′na.

[1835–45; < New Latin; see zone, pellucid]

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zona pellucida - thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus

zona, zone - (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

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zona pellucidazone pellucide

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(1986) suggested that it is beneficial to add serum because it protects zona pellucida from hardening because hardening adversely affects fertilization.

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In our study, the yolk at pre-ovulatory stage and zona pellucida after post-ovulation degenerated, which were engulfed by hypertrophied follicular cells as has also been reported for other several species (Tyler and Sumpter, 1996; Thome et al., 2009; Ucuncu and Cakici, 2009).

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Membrane structure was continuous and coherent and the zona pellucida (ZP) of control MII oocytes composed of electron dense fibrillar material and completely surrounds the oocyte.

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At this stage, biopsy can be performed in two ways: zona pellucida is opened at 3 (rd) cultivation day, and during the next two days TE cells progress towards the hole considering their hatching tendency, so biopsy of TE cells is simplified.

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After IVF, the sperm adhered to zona pellucida were removed by successive pipetting.

Pre-incubation of porcine semen reduces the incidence of polyspermy on embryos derived from low quality oocytes/Pre-incubacao dos espermatozoides suinos diminui polispermia e aumenta a producao embrionaria em oocitos de baixa qualidade

In the laboratory, follicles (3-6 mm) are were aspirated with the aid of a vacuum pump and oocytes with intact zona pellucida were frozen (-18[degrees]C) for later use.

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It has been reported that in vitro, sperm with single stranded or denatured DNA bind less or do not bind at all to the Zona Pellucida (ZP) (18) In pigs, spermatozoa with stable chromatin are more likely both to bind to the oviduct and to traverse the reproductive tract in vivo (41), ultimately reaching the oocytes and penetrating the zona pellucida.

Cytogenetic alterations in preimplantation mice embryos following male mouse gonadal gamma-irradiation: comparison of two methods for reproductive toxicity screening

[5] Nonstandard abbreviations: PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; CUZD1, CUB and zona pellucida like domains protein 1; CA19-9, cancer antigen 19-9; TBST, Tris-buffered saline with Tween 20; MS, mass spectrometry; SEC, size-exclusion chromatography.

False biomarker discovery due to reactivity of a commercial ELISA for CUZD1 with cancer antigen CA125

Mammalian zona pellucida glycoprotein (ZP) is made up of three sulfated glycoproteins (ZP1, ZP2, ZP3 or ZPA, ZPB, ZPC) that surround the oocyte (7).

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