Genetics of the ovarian reserve

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Pelosi, Emanuele ^a   Forabosco, Antonino ^b   Schlessinger, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Genomic Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Menopause; Ovarian reserve; Reproduction; Reproductive lifespan

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CONNEXIN 43; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENOMICS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOS GENE; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84947049179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00308     Document Type: Review

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