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Fertilization in the Golden Hamster

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A Comparative Overview of Mammalian Fertilization

Abstract

Early studies of fertilization in mammals involved observations of gametes that had been flushed from the reproductive tract of mated females. The development in the early 1960s of methods for the in vitro capacitation of sperm and the in vitro fertilization for the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) eggs allowed investigators better control of the conditions of gamete interaction. It became possible to test hypotheses using well-controlled experiments in this species. Subsequently, hamsters were used extensively in studies of mammalian fertilization.

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  1. Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA

    Gary N. Cherr

  2. Departments of Zoology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    Erma Z. Drobnis

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Cherr, G.N., Drobnis, E.Z. (1991). Fertilization in the Golden Hamster. In: Dunbar, B.S., O’Rand, M.G. (eds) A Comparative Overview of Mammalian Fertilization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-8982-9_11

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