title: Fertilization and implantation.
abstract: Recent advances in seemingly remote areas of investigation, i.e. yeast cell cycle research and DNA amplifications, have opened spectacular avenues for understanding reproduction. The new insights on the single cell and subcellular level of processes, such as egg maturation, sperm-egg interaction and implantation enhance, immensely, the power of assisted fertilization. These techniques, have become the mainstay of infertility therapy. This review focuses on the recent developments in these areas.
authors.affiliation: Faulkner Center for Reproductive Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilberstein
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Seibel
mesh_terms: D010064:Embryo Implantation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008967:Molecular Biology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000254:growth & development*; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions