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In 2023, researchers at Osaka University in Japan led by Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi managed to turn the stem cells of male mice into egg cells.
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Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
These genes are crucial for the formation and proper function of egg cells, which includes monthly ovulation and menstruation.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2024
The egg cell, too, may have components from the donor dog, such as mitochondria, that influence how the cloned dog’s DNA is expressed.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
And although those chromosomes come from both parents, nearly all humans inherit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother's egg cell.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
These genes are crucial for the formation and proper function of egg cells, which includes monthly ovulation and menstruation.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2024
The egg cell, too, may have components from the donor dog, such as mitochondria, that influence how the cloned dog’s DNA is expressed.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
And although those chromosomes come from both parents, nearly all humans inherit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother's egg cell.
—Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Egg cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20cell. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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