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Defining the neighborhoods that escort the oocyte through its early life events and into a functional follicle
16 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
The ovary functions to chaperone the most precious cargo for female individuals, the oocyte, thereby allowing the passage of genetic material to subsequent generations. Within the ovary, single oocytes are surrounded by a legion of granulosa cells inside each follicle. These two cell types depend upon one another to support follicle formation and oocyte survival. The infrastructure and events that work together...
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