Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: Oocytes must effectively grow, accumulate reserves, and mature prior to fertilization. Errors in any of these processes affecting nuclear, cytoplasmic, or molecular maturation of the oocyte will result in poor embryonic development.Materials and methods: Immunofluorescence, direct fluorescent staining, and autoradiography were combined with confocal, epifluorescent, and electron microscopy to study the transzonal projections (TZPs) between ...