Oocyte differentiation is genetically dissociable from meiosis in mice

Oogenesis is the process by which ovarian germ cells undertake meiosis and differentiate to become eggs. In mice, Stra8 is required for the chromosomal events of meiosis to occur, but its role in differentiation remains unknown. Here we report Stra8-deficient ovarian germ cells that grow and differe...

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Main Authors: Dokshin, Gregoriy A., Baltus, Andrew E., Eppig, John J., Page, David C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85097
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-3411