TY - JOUR
T1 - Oocyte development in the mouse
T2 - An ultrastructural comparison of oocytes isolated at various stages of growth and meiotic competence
AU - Wassarman, Paul M.
AU - Josefowicz, Wendy J.
PY - 1978/5
Y1 - 1978/5
N2 - An ultrastructural comparison of mouse oocytes isolated at various stages of growth and meiotic competence has been carried out. Progressive changes in the nucleoli, ribosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, and other organelles and inclusions of the oocyte have been examined as a function of oocyte size by transmission electron microscopy. The observations presented support the idea that growth of the mammalian oocyte involves not just tremendous enlargement of the cell, but extensive alterations in its overall metabolism as reflected in the ultrastructure of the oocyte at various stages of growth.
AB - An ultrastructural comparison of mouse oocytes isolated at various stages of growth and meiotic competence has been carried out. Progressive changes in the nucleoli, ribosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, and other organelles and inclusions of the oocyte have been examined as a function of oocyte size by transmission electron microscopy. The observations presented support the idea that growth of the mammalian oocyte involves not just tremendous enlargement of the cell, but extensive alterations in its overall metabolism as reflected in the ultrastructure of the oocyte at various stages of growth.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0017877892
U2 - 10.1002/jmor.1051560206
DO - 10.1002/jmor.1051560206
M3 - Article
C2 - 642015
AN - SCOPUS:0017877892
SN - 0362-2525
VL - 156
SP - 209
EP - 235
JO - Journal of Morphology
JF - Journal of Morphology
IS - 2
ER -