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Regulation of Oocyte Maturation

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Abstract

Meiotic maturation in the mammalian oocyte is initiated during fetal life. It proceeds through the prophase of the first meiotic division and is arrested at the diplotene stage. The arrest of meiosis is maintained until shortly before ovulation. By this time meiosis is reinitiated and oocyte maturation is resumed. Reinitiation of meiosis in the oocyte is morphologically indicated by the disappearance of the nuclear structure known as the germinal vesicle (germinal vesicle breakdown — GVB).

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  1. Department of Hormone Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

    Nava Dekel

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  1. International Foundation for Biochemical Endocrinology, Blue Hill Falls, Maine, USA

    Kenneth W. McKerns

  2. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Zvi Naor

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Dekel, N. (1984). Regulation of Oocyte Maturation. In: McKerns, K.W., Naor, Z. (eds) Hormonal Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. Biochemical Endocrinology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9960-5_22

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