Ovarian Proteins That Last a Lifetime Help Maintain Egg Cells for Years
Ovarian Proteins That Last a Lifetime Help Maintain Egg Cells for Years
Long-lived proteins in the mouse ovary may help preserve fertility well into adulthood, providing insights into ovarian aging.
Long-lived proteins in the mouse ovary may help preserve fertility well into adulthood, providing insights into ovarian aging.
reproductive aging
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Why do so many human eggs have the wrong number of chromosomes?
Meiotic Mysteries
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Inferior Sperm
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News from Cell
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Some of the highlights from this year’s American Society for Cell Biology meeting, held earlier this week