Study Reveals How the Ovarian Reserve is Established (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Study Reveals How the Ovarian Reserve is Established

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The PRC1 gene complex is needed to establish the ovarian reserve. Deletion of the PRC1 gene complex in mice led to death of primordial follicles in the ovary. Wild type mice at top, PRC1 deleted mice below.

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Satoshi Namekawa, UC Davis

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