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first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethovens Fifth"; "the plays opening scene"
opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" (同)chess opening
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" (同)gap
the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" (同)opening_night, curtain raising
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"
dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

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〈C〉(森・垣根・壁などの)空いている所;空き地;すき間,穴 / 〈C〉(物語・会議などの)始め,出だし,冒頭(beginning) / 〈C〉(…の地位の)空き,就職口《+『for』(『at, in』)+『名』》(vacant) / 〈C〉(劇などの)初演 / 〈U〉(…が)開くこと,あくこと《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈C〉(…の)よい機会,好機《+『for』+『名』》 / 初めの,開始の
(都市計画の)区画制,地区制
(ガラス・流れなどが)透明な,澄んだ / (表現・文体が)明りょうな,明白な

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Automatic segmentation of zona pellucida and its application in cleavage-stage embryo biopsy position selection.

Zenan Wang, Wei Tech Ang, Min Tan SY, Win Tun Latt.
Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference.Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.2015 Aug;2015:3859-64. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319236.
A very important step of Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is embryo biopsy, in which process the zona pellucida (ZP) is cut open partially and a part of cellular material is extracted from the embryo. Recognition of the ZP is necessary not only for embryo biopsy, but also for other applicati
PMID 26737136

Laser-assisted zona pellucida thinning does not facilitate hatching and may disrupt the in vitro hatching process: a morphokinetic study in the mouse.

Schimmel T1, Cohen J2, Saunders H3, Alikani M4.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England).Hum Reprod.2014 Dec;29(12):2670-9. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deu245. Epub 2014 Sep 29.
STUDY QUESTION: Does laser-assisted zona thinning of cleavage stage mouse embryos facilitate hatching in vitro SUMMARY ANSWER: No, unlike laser zona opening, zona thinning does not facilitate embryo hatching.WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Artificial opening of the zona pellucida facilitates hatching of mous
PMID 25267786

Significance of egg's zona pellucida glycoproteins in sperm-egg interaction and fertilization.

Abou-Haila A1, Bendahmane M, Tulsiani DR.
Minerva ginecologica.Minerva Ginecol.2014 Aug;66(4):409-19.
Mammalian fertilization is a highly programmed process by which sperm and egg unite to form a zygote, a cell with somatic chromosome numbers. To fertilize an egg, the capacitated (acrosome-intact) spermatozoa recognize and bind to the egg's extracellular glycocalyx coat, the zona pellucida (ZP). The
PMID 25020059