Structure and function of the mammalian
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Wassarman, Paul; Chen, Jie; Cohen, Natalie; Litscher, Eveline; Liu, Chengyu; Qi,
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The zona pellucida is a thick extracellular coat that surrounds all mammalian eggs and preimplantation embryos. The zona pellucida supports communication between oocytes and follicle cells during oogenesis; protects oocytes, eggs, and embryos during development, and regulates interactions between ov