From primordial germ cell to primordial follicle: Mammalian female germ cell development

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 622-632

  Pepling, Melissa E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ line cyst; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Oogonia; Primordial follicle formation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GONAD; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846028220     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20258     Document Type: Review

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