The developmental origins of the mammalian ovarian reserve

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2554-2563

  Grive, Kathryn J ^a   Freiman, Richard N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst breakdown; Meiosis; Oocyte; Ovary; Primordial follicle

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GENISTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FIGLA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NOBOX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE REPRESSION; GERMLINE STEM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; ADULT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIAN RESERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938634428     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.125211     Document Type: Review

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