What controls polyspermy in mammals, the oviduct or the oocyte?

P Coy, M Avilés - Biological Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A block to polyspermy is required for successful fertilisation and embryo survival in
mammals. A higher incidence of polyspermy is observed during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) …

Do sperm possess a molecular passport? Mechanistic insights into sperm selection in the female reproductive tract

WV Holt, A Fazeli - MHR: Basic science of reproductive …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Most male mammals produce far more spermatozoa on a daily basis than is strictly
necessary for reproduction and females have evolved mechanisms that prevent all but a …

[图书][B] Laboratory production of cattle embryos

I Gordon - 2003 - books.google.com
3000 new references added since the first editionGives information necessary to produce
embryos totally through in vitro techniques Shows commercial applications of embryo and …

Oviduct-specific glycoprotein and heparin modulate sperm–zona pellucida interaction during fertilization and contribute to the control of polyspermy

P Coy, S Cánovas, I Mondéjar… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Polyspermy is an important anomaly of fertilization in placental mammals, causing
premature death of the embryo. It is especially frequent under in vitro conditions …

Cooling and freezing of boar spermatozoa: supplementation of the freezing media with reduced glutathione preserves sperm function

J Gadea, F García‐Vazquez, C Matás… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we evaluated the effects of glutathione (l‐γ‐glutamyl‐l‐cysteinylglycine; GSH)
supplementation of the freezing extender on semen parameters during the cooling (2 hours …

Susceptibility of bovine germinal vesicle-stage oocytes from antral follicles to direct effects of heat stress in vitro

RR Payton, R Romar, P Coy, AM Saxton… - Biology of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Delineation of maternal versus direct effects of heat stress in reducing development at the
germinal vesicle (GV) stage is challenging, because oocytes spontaneously resume meiosis …

Polyspermic penetration in porcine IVM–IVF systems

H Funahashi - Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2003 - CSIRO Publishing
Although techniques for in vitro production of porcine embryos have proceeded very rapidly
during the past decade, polyspermic penetration still remains a persistent obstacle to …

In vitro production of pig embryos: a point of view

P Coy, R Romar - Reproduction, fertility and development, 2002 - CSIRO Publishing
Porcine embryos have become raw materials for different programmes of reproductive
biotechnology and the in vitro production of embryos has some advantages over in vivo …

Membrane fusions during mammalian fertilization

BM Gadella, JP Evans - Cell Fusion in Health and Disease, 2011 - Springer
Successful completion of fertilization in mammals requires three different types of membrane
fusion events. Firstly, the sperm cell will need to secrete its acrosome contents (acrosome …

[PDF][PDF] Hardening of the zona pellucida of unfertilized eggs can reduce polyspermic fertilization in the pig and cow

P Coy, L Grullon, S Canovas, R Romar, C Matas… - Reproduction, 2008 - academia.edu
One of the proposed mechanisms of polyspermy block is an increased resistance of the
zona pellucida (ZP) to proteolytic digestion (ZP hardening) as a consequence of cortical …