TY - JOUR TI - Enucleolation and nucleolus transfer in mammalian oocytes and zygotes AU - Benc, Michal AU - Fulka, JosefJr. AU - Strejček, František AU - Morovič, Martin AU - Murín, Matej AU - Martínková, Stanislava AU - Jettmarová, Dominika AU - Laurinčík, Jozef T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - The oocyte GV/GVs (germinal vesicle/germinal vesicles) and zygot PN/PNs (pronucleus/pronuclei) of some mammals contain clearly visible nucleoli which exhibit an atypical morphological structure. These nucleoli (NCLs) can be relatively easily manipulated, i.e. removed from GVs/PNs or eventually transferred into another oocyte/zygote. Thus, with the help of micromanipulation techniques it was possible to uncover the real function(s) they play in processes of oocyte maturation and early embryonic development. The purpose of our review is to describe briefly the micromanipulation techniques that can be used for oocyte/zygote nucleoli manipulation. Moreover, we present some examples of results that were obtained in nucleolus manipulation experiments. PY - 2019 DO - 10.1387/ijdb.190002mb VL - 63 IS - 3-4-5 SP - 253 EP - 258 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/190002mb Y2 - 2024/11/21/14:14:39 ER -