Nursing the Follicles

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2016 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Developmental Cell, volume 37, pages 7-8 (issn: 1534-5807,

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Authors: Jesse T, Chao; Maho, Niwa;

doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.03.019

pmid: 27046826

Nursing the Follicles

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Science, Lei and Spradling (2016) uncover how germ cells differentiate into oocytes in mouse embryos. Mouse germ cells form cysts, in which sister cells nurse the developing oocyte by donating their organelles and cytoplasmic materials.

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University of California, San Diego
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Keywords

Organelles, Oogenesis, Oocytes, Animals, Female, Giant Cells

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