Is there a correlation between follicle size and gene expression in cumulus cells and is gene expression an indicator of embryo development?

• Main Authors: Semra Kahraman (Author), Caroline Pirkevi Çetinkaya (Author), Murat Çetinkaya (Author), Mehmet Ali Tüfekçi (Author), Cumhur Gökhan Ekmekçi (Author), Markus Montag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In an article published in 2017, we discussed the results of the first part of our study into the morphokinetic development of embryos in relation to follicle diameter and homogeneity of follicular development. Our findings showed that embryos coming from small follicles in heter...