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Mammalian Developmental Biology Section

of the Laboratory of Cellular & Developmental Biology

Jurrien Dean.
We study maternal factors that promote folliculogenesis, ensure fertilization, and sustain cleavage-stage development in mice.
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Different populations of mouse egg cortical vesicles are responsible for post-fertilization zinc sparks and proteolysis of the zona pellucida.
José O, Baibakov B, Dean J.
iScience (2025 Jun 20) 28:112606. Abstract/Full Text
ZNHIT3 Regulates Translation to Ensure Cell Lineage Differentiation in Mouse Preimplantation Development.
Yang G, Xin Q, Dean J.
Adv Sci (Weinh) (2025 Jun) 12:e2413599. Abstract/Full Text
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Last Reviewed April 2025