How the oocyte in fluences follicular cell function and why

Oogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-92

  Matzuk, Martin M ^a   Li, Qinglei ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein 15; Folliculogenesis; Granulosa cells; Oocyte; Transforming growth factor growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948112021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-826-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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