Mammalian ovary differentiation – A focus on female meiosis

• Published in: Molecular and cellular endocrinology Vol. 356; no. 1-2; pp. 13 - 23
• Main Authors: Baillet, Adrienne, Mandon-Pepin, Béatrice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 05.06.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: animal ovaries; Animals; Cell Differentiation; Cellular; Development; Development Biology; Differentiation; Embryonic Development - genetics; Endocrinology; Female; Females; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Genetics; Humans; Life Sciences; Male; Males; Meiosis; Meiosis - genetics; mice; ovarian development; Ovaries; Ovary; Ovary - cytology; Ovary - growth & development; Ovary - metabolism; Ovary - physiology; prophase; Prophase I; Reproductive Biology; Small RNA; Testis - cytology; Testis - growth & development; Testis - metabolism; Testis - physiology; Development; Ovary; Prophase I; Meiosis; Small RNA; prophase l; ovary; development; meiosis; small rna
• ISSN: 0303-7207; 1872-8057; 1872-8057; 0303-7207
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.09.029

Over the past 50 years, the ovary development has been subject of fewer studies as compare to the male pathway. Nevertheless due to the advancement of genetics, mouse ES cells and the development of genetic models, studies of ovarian differentiation was boosted. This review emphasizes some of new progresses in the research field of the mammalian ovary differentiation that have occurred in recent years with focuses of the period around prophase I of meiosis and of recent roles of small non-RNAs in the ovarian gene expression.