The caspase 9-dependent apoptotic pathway is essential for oocyte loss during meiotic prophase progression in the mouse ovary
Female reproduction is limited by the oocyte pool, which establishes soon after birth in the mouse. It is dogma that more than half of the initial oocyte population is eliminated during the first meiotic prophase progression in fetal life. Apoptosis has been proposed as a mechanism for this oocyte l...
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McGill University
2013
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