## Abstract Oocyte development in several nonmammalian species is characterized by the synthesis of large quantities of ribonucleic acids during lampbrush stages of meiosis. These are stored in the oocyte and used during later oocyte maturation and early embryogenesis. This autoradiographic study e
RNA synthesis in fully-grown mouse oocytes
β Scribed by WASSARMAN, PAUL M.; LETOURNEAU, GAIL E.
- Book ID
- 109699148
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 530 KB
- Volume
- 261
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/261073a0
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