Research Article: Ovarian stem cells are always accompanied by very small embryonic-like stem cells in adult mammalian ovary
Abstract:
Existing dogma that a female is born with fixed number of eggs was challenged by the detection of stem cells in adult mammalian ovary. Data has accumulated in support of ovarian stem cells (OSCs) proliferation, maintenance in culture, formation of germ cell nests and differentiation into oocytes and primordial follicle assembly using different strategies.
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