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Mammalian Developmental Biology Section

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We study maternal factors that promote folliculogenesis, ensure fertilization, and sustain cleavage-stage development in mice.

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EXOSC10 sculpts the transcriptome during the growth-to-maturation transition in mouse oocytes.: Wu D, Dean J.; Nucleic Acids Res (2020 Jun 4) 48:5349-5365. Abstract/Full Text
FIGLA, LHX8 and SOHLH1 transcription factor networks regulate mouse oocyte growth and differentiation.: Wang Z, Liu CY, Zhao Y, Dean J.; Nucleic Acids Res (2020 Apr 17) 48:3525-3541. Abstract/Full Text