Cytoplasmic competition between separate parental pronuclei in zygotes

Animals All animal experiments conformed to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Institutional Committee of Laboratory Animal Experimentation of the RIKEN Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research. C57BL/6 (B6), JF1/Ms (JF1), BDF1 (C57BL/6 × DBA/2) and R26R-H2B-EGFP+/− (C57BL/6 × DBA/2 background)43 mice, aged 8–10 weeks, were used to produce oocytes and sperm….

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