New Insights into the Mammalian Egg Zona Pellucida

New Insights into the Mammalian Egg Zona Pellucida

Mammalian oocytes are surrounded by an extracellular coat called the zona pellucida (ZP), which, from an evolutionary point of view, is the most ancient of the coats that envelope vertebrate oocytes and conceptuses. This matrix separates the oocyte from cumulus cells and is responsible for species-s...

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Main Authors: Carla Moros-Nicolás, Pascale Chevret, María Jiménez-Movilla, Blanca Algarra, Paula Cots-Rodríguez, Leopoldo González-Brusi, Manuel Avilés, Mª José Izquierdo-Rico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
zona pellucida
ZP
pseudogenization
composition
molecular evolution
mammals
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/6/3276

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