INTRODUCTION Some unexplained infertile couples may have fertilization failure; the in vitro fertilization (IVF) with high insemination concentration (HIC) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were reported to give better fertilization rate when compared to standard IVF procedure. OBJECTIVE To compare the fertilization rate, abnormal fertilization rate, total fertilization failure rate...

Prevention of polyspermic fertilization in sea urchins (Jaffe, 1976, Nature (Lond.). 261:68-71) and the worm Urechis (Gould-Somero, Jaffe, and Holland, 1979, J. Cell Biol. 82:426-440) involves an electrically mediated fast block. The fertilizing sperm causes a positive shift in the egg's membrane potential; this fertilization potential prevents additional sperm entries. Since in Urechis the egg...

abstract in order to study the effects of irrigation regimes on yield and some qualitative characteristics of three cultivars of potato (solanum tuberosum l.), an experiment was conducted in 2009 in the research field of the college of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad. a factorial experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. experimental fact...

despite being the member of the international disarmament and non-proliferation conventions i.e. non-proliferation treaty (npt), chemical weapons convention (cwc) and biological weapons convention (bwc) which include their own specific export control regimes, some developed countries established parallel export control regimes that are against their commitments under aforementioned internationa...

The eccentric shift of the sea-urchin egg within the fertilization membrane under an electric field was analysed by measuring the electrophoretic mobility of the isolated fertilization membrane and that of the egg deprived of the fertilization membrane. In addition, the migration speed of the egg proper was measured within the fertilization membrane under the conditions that: either (1) the mov...

background: determination of oocyte and embryo quality are one of the most important goals in ivf. anti-mullerian hormone (amh) is secreted by the ovarian granulosa cells into blood flow and follicular fluid. follicular fluid anti-mullerian hormone level is probably a marker of activity of granulose cells. objective: to evaluate whether high level of follicular fluid anti-mullerian hormone leve...

Previous studies reported higher antioxidant and mineral micronutrient concentrations in organic compared to conventional wheat flour, but the reasons are poorly understood. Here we report results from a long-term, factorial field experiment designed assess effects of variety choice, supplementary irrigation contrasting fertilization regimes used production on nutritional quality yield spelt gr...

Background: Failed fertilization post ICSI has been mainly attributed to the sperm’s inability to induce oocyte activation. Phospholipase C Zeta (PLCζ) is considered to be a primary factor for the induction of oocyte activation. The aim of this study was to quantitatively assess the expression of PLCζ in globozoospermic or individuals with previous low or failed fertilization in comparison to f...