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Zygote Formation

Zygote Formation is the biological process in sexual reproduction whereby haploid male and female gametes undergo fusion of their membranes and nuclei (karyogamy) to produce a single-celled diploid zygote that marks the onset of embryogenesis.

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Demethylation of the zygotic paternal genome

Wolfgang Mayer, Alain Niveleau, Jörn Walter et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.3K citations

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An Air-Drying Method for Chromosome Preparations from Mouse Eggs

A Tarkowski · Cytogenetic and Genome Research · 1966 · 1.1K citations

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Active demethylation of the paternal genome in the mouse zygote

Joachim Oswald, Sabine Engemann, Natasha Lane et al. · Current Biology · 2000 · 962 citations

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The immunoglobulin superfamily protein Izumo is required for sperm to fuse with eggs

Naokazu Inoue, Masahito Ikawa, Ayako Isotani et al. · Nature · 2005 · 837 citations

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Crossover/Noncrossover Differentiation, Synaptonemal Complex Formation, and Regulatory Surveillance at the Leptotene/Zygotene Transition of Meiosis

G. Valentin Börner, Nancy Kleckner, Neil Hunter · Cell · 2004 · 725 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GS
    Gerald Schatten

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    26 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. AG
    Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Adán

    Centro Regional de Selección y Reproducción Animal, Spain

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. DR
    D. Rizos

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. FJ
    Frank J. Longo

    University of Iowa, United States

    18 publications · 1K citations

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  5. RY
    Ryuzo Yanagimachi

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    16 publications · 2.1K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    104 publications

    12.5K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    33 h-index

    151 publications

    12.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    148 publications

    8.4K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    30 h-index

    258 publications

    16.4K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    27 h-index

    120 publications

    9.4K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    27 h-index

    84 publications

    8K citations

  7. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    25 h-index

    77 publications

    14.9K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    25 h-index

    80 publications

    7.6K citations

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  1. Biology of Reproduction

    132 publications · 10.7K citations

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  2. Developmental Biology

    101 publications · 7.5K citations

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  3. Human Reproduction

    98 publications · 6.6K citations

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  4. Development

    68 publications · 5.5K citations

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  5. Fertility and Sterility

    68 publications · 3.5K citations

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