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… (More)
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oocyte development
regulation of oocyte maturation

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2006
Review
2006
Regulation of dynamic events by microfilaments during oocyte maturation and fertilization.
Actin filaments (microfilaments) regulate various dynamic events during oocyte meiotic maturation and fertilization. In most… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Paracrine regulation of mammalian oocyte maturation and male germ cell survival.
Mammalian oocytes are arrested at the prophase of meiosis before induction of maturation by the preovulatory luteinizing hormone… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes.
The structures of membrane receptors mediating rapid, nongenomic actions of steroids have not been identified. We describe the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
RNAi is activated during Drosophila oocyte maturation in a manner dependent on aubergine and spindle-E.
Gene silencing by double-stranded RNA is a widespread phenomenon called RNAi, involving homology-dependent degradation of mRNAs… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cdc25b phosphatase is required for resumption of meiosis during oocyte maturation
In a wide variety of animal species, oocyte maturation is arrested temporarily at prophase of meiosis I (ref. 1). Resumption of… (More)
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Maturation of human oocytes in vitro and their developmental competence.
Complete maturation of oocytes is essential for the developmental competence of embryos. Any interventions in the growth phase of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Translocation of active mitochondria during pig oocyte maturation, fertilization and early embryo development in vitro.
The distribution of active mitochondria during pig oocyte maturation, fertilization and early embryo development in vitro was… (More)
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Xenopus oocyte maturation: new lessons from a good egg.
Fully grown Xenopus oocytes can remain in their immature state essentially indefinitely, or, in response to the steroid hormone… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Control of oocyte maturation in sexually mature Drosophila females.
In many sexually mature insects egg production and oviposition are tightly coupled to copulation. Sex-Peptide is a 36-amino-acid… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Stages of oocyte development in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio.
Oocyte development has been divided into five stages in the zebrafish Brachydanio rerio, based on morphological criteria and on… (More)
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