Browsing 2011 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Rivera, Rocío Melissa"
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Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with assisted reproductive technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a loss-of-imprinting pediatric overgrowth syndrome. BWS is speculated to occur primarily as the result of the misregulation of imprinted genes associated with two clusters on chromosome ... -
Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes is altered by hormonal stimulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Administration of exogenous gonadotropins (superovulation) is used to increase the number of mature oocytes to circumvent the inefficiencies of the subsequent assisted reproductive technologies procedures. Some evidence ...