Recent arguments against germ cell renewal in the adult human ovary: Is an absence of marker gene expression really acceptable evidence of an absence of oogenesis?

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 879-883

  Tilly, Jonathan L ^a   Johnson, Joshua ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Germline stem cell; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Ovary; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34247503214     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.8.4185     Document Type: Review

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