Nursing the Follicles.
Dev Cell
; 37(1): 7-8, 2016 Apr 04.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27046826
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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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oocytes
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Oogenesis
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Organelles
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Giant Cells
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Dev Cell
Journal subject:
EMBRIOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States