Regulatory protein ensures that egg precursor cells boost their numbers during embryonic development
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 08:22
in Biology & Nature
Female babies are born with a full set of egg precursors in their ovaries, yet the molecular mechanism by which these cells proliferate during embryonic development was unclear. Now, using a mouse model created at A*STAR, an international team of researchers has pinpointed the regulatory factors needed for this rapid cell division to occur in the developing female gonad.