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oocyte maturation

Known as: maturation oocyte 
A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an oocyte to attain its fully functional state. Oocyte… 
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oocyte development
regulation of oocyte maturation

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Derivation of Major Yolk Proteins from Parental Vitellogenins and Alternative Processing During Oocyte Maturation in Fundulus heteroclitus1
Abstract Various Coomassie blue-staining yolk proteins (YPs) present in oocytes and eggs of Fundulus heteroclitus, a teleost that… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Positive feedback between MAP kinase and Mos during Xenopus oocyte maturation.
Mos is a serine-threonine protein kinase and a key regulator of meiosis. One function of Xenopus Mos is to activate mitogen… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Xenopus oocyte maturation does not require new cyclin synthesis
Progesterone induces fully grown, stage VI, Xenopus oocytes to pass through meiosis I and arrest in metaphase of meiosis II… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Culture media for mouse oocyte maturation affect subsequent embryonic development
These experiments were done to determine whether the culture medium used for the spontaneous maturation of mouse oocytes can… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
In vivo regulation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in Xenopus oocytes. Stimulation by insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Gonadotropin secretion during reproductive cycles in teleosts: influences of environmental factors.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cytoplasmic factor responsible for germinal vesicle breakdown and meiotic maturation in starfish oocyte
IN starfish, the first maturation division of oocytes within an ovary is arrested at a late stage of prophase. It is resumed… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The role of the lateral lobes in the control of growth and reproduction in the hermaphrodite freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Role of hormones in oocyte maturation.
In order for normal fertilization and embryonic development to occur, oocytes, during the course of meiosis, undergo a strict… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Maturation-inducing substance in starfishes.
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