Ultrastructure of a two-cell human embryo |
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Authors: | Jaime Pereda and Mario Coppo |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratorio de Embriologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 13, Santiago, Chile;(2) Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Hospital Barros Luco-Trudeau, Santiago, Chile |
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Abstract: | Summary A two-cell human embryo recovered from the Fallopian tube 82 h following the LH peak in plasma and 37 h after a single episode of intercourse was examined by transmission electron microscopy. At the time of recovery the embryo was denuded of cumulus cells, and both the zona pellucida and the two adjoining blastomeres were intact. The finding of two polar bodies in the perivitelline space, two nucleated blastomeres and remnants of the fertilizing sperm tail within the cytoplasm of one of them, were considered as evidences that the embryo was normally fertilized. Among the most compicuous features found were the presence of very distinct desmosome-like structure between blastomeres, and the cytoplasmic cell organelles distribution in three areas referred as: a sub-cortical, a middle and a perinuclear bands. An outstanding feature was the extensive blebbing of the nuclear envelope. In general, the features seem to correspond to a normally developing two-cell embryo undergoing cleavage at a normal rate. |
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Keywords: | Ultrastructure Human egg Human embryo Cleavage embryo |
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