Ovulated oocytes in adult mice derive from non-circulating germ cells

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7097, 2006, Pages 1109-1114

  Eggan, Kevin ^a   Jurga, Sara ^b,c   Gosden, Roger ^d   Min, Irene M ^b,c   Wagers, Amy J ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BONE-MARROW-DERIVED GERM CELLS; NON-CIRCULATING GERM CELLS; OOCYTE PRODUCTION; OVULATED OOCYTES;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745606965     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04929     Document Type: Article

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