In the late 1970s and 1980s, the flowering of molecular biology allowed ... that the embryologists found in frog oocytes. Figure 1: Changes in maturation-promoting factor (MPF) and cytostatic ...

She pointed out that she’d be interested in seeing what other stages of oocyte maturation and ovulation this signaling pathway may affect. Vasudevan and Grmai are interested in exploring more of the ...

The molecular organization of the oocyte plasma membrane required for sperm docking and the corresponding elements that determine where fertilization can occur have been identified. We found that ...

During the oocyte-to-embryo transition (OET ... offering new insights into the maternal control mechanisms governing early embryonic development. "By protecting translated mRNAs from deadenylation ...