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oocyte differentiation

Known as: oocyte cell differentiation 
The process in which a relatively unspecialized immature germ cell acquires the specialized features of a mature female gamete. [GOC:go_curators, GOC… 
National Institutes of Health

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Oogenesis

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oocyte development

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Early Depletion of Primordial Germ Cells in Zebrafish Promotes Testis Formation
Review
2012
Review
2012
The antral follicle: a microenvironment for oocyte differentiation.
Mammalian reproduction hinges upon the timely ovulation of a fully differentiated oocyte. This event is the culmination of a… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The fusome organizes the microtubule network during oocyte differentiation in Drosophila.
Differentiation of the Drosophila oocyte takes place in a cyst of 16 interconnected germ cells and is dependent on a network of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
High developmental competence of cattle oocytes maintained at the germinal vesicle stage for 24 hours in culture by specific inhibition of MPF kinase activity
Roscovitine, a potent inhibitor of M‐phase Promoting Factor (MPF) kinase activity, was used to maintain cattle oocytes at the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
An Egalitarian-BicaudalD complex is essential for oocyte specification and axis determination in Drosophila.
Genetic experiments suggest that polarization of the oocyte is linked directly to the initial cell fate determination that… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein is required for spindle orientation during germline cell divisions and oocyte differentiation in Drosophila.
During animal development cellular differentiation is often preceded by an asymmetric cell division whose polarity is determined… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
GLD-1, a cytoplasmic protein essential for oocyte differentiation, shows stage- and sex-specific expression during Caenorhabditis elegans germline development.
GLD-1, a putative RNA binding protein, is essential for oocyte development in Caenorhabditis elegans. A gld-1 null mutation… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The Drosophila orb RNA-binding protein is required for the formation of the egg chamber and establishment of polarity.
The orb gene of Drosophila encodes sex-specific germ-line proteins that contain two RRM-type RNA-binding domains. Here we report… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
OOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SEA URCHIN, ARBACIA PUNCTULATA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ORIGIN OF CORTICAL GRANULES AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CORTICAL REACTION
This paper presents morphological evidence on the origin of cortical granules in the oocytes of Arbacia punctulata and other… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
OOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND VITELLOGENESIS IN THE ROACH PERIPLANETA AMERICANA
The ovary of the roach Periplaneta americana has been studied by techniques of light and electron microscopy. Each ovariole… 
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