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9 - Differential gene expression mediated by oocyte–granulosa cell communication

from Section 3 - Developmental biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2013

By
Saiichi Furukawa  and
Koji Sugiura
Edited by
Alan Trounson ,
Roger Gosden  and
Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
Saiichi Furukawa
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Koji Sugiura
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Alan Trounson
Affiliation:
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Roger Gosden
Affiliation:
Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Cornell University, New York
Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
Affiliation:
Universität Bielefeld, Germany
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Biology and Pathology of the Oocyte
Role in Fertility, Medicine and Nuclear Reprograming
 , pp. 99 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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