Oogonial stem cells as a model to study age-associated infertility in women

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 969-974

  Garg, Neha ^a   Sinclair, David A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

germline stem cells; meiosis; oocyte; postnatal oogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOGONIAL STEM CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; FEMALE GERMLINE STEM CELL; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT GERMLINE STEM CELLS; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OOGONIAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 84936949620     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD14461     Document Type: Review

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