Inhibition of zona shedding of rabbit blastocysts in culture by the presence of a mucin coat.
Rabbit ova, with and without mucin coats, were cultured to the expanding blastocyst stage. The presence of a mucin coat appeared to inhibit shedding of the zona pellucida by the expanding blastocysts.
D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D009077:Mucins / Q000502:physiology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits / Q000502:physiology*; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000502:physiology*
D009077:Mucins