Differences in the Kinetic of the First Meiotic Division and in Active Mitochondrial Distribution between Prepubertal and Adult Oocytes Mirror Differences in their Developmental Competence in a Sheep Model

• Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni ,

  * E-mail: gioleoni@uniss.it

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy, Sardinian Animal Biodiversity Center (Centro di Competenza per la Biodiversità Animale-CCBA), Sassari, Italy

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• Maria Grazia Palmerini,

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, L’Aquila University, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Valentina Satta,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy

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• Sara Succu,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy

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• Valeria Pasciu,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy

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• Angelo Zinellu,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy

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• Ciriaco Carru,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy

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• Guido Macchiarelli,

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, L’Aquila University, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Stefania Annarita Nottola,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Salvatore Naitana,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy, Sardinian Animal Biodiversity Center (Centro di Competenza per la Biodiversità Animale-CCBA), Sassari, Italy

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• Fiammetta Berlinguer

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari University, Sassari, Italy, Sardinian Animal Biodiversity Center (Centro di Competenza per la Biodiversità Animale-CCBA), Sassari, Italy

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