Long-Term Oocyte-Like Cell Development in Cultures Derived from Neonatal Marmoset Monkey Ovary

• Main Authors: Bentolhoda Fereydouni (Author), Gabriela Salinas-Riester (Author), Michael Heistermann (Author), Ralf Dressel (Author), Lucia Lewerich (Author), Charis Drummer (Author), Rüdiger Behr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We use the common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) as a preclinical nonhuman primate model to study reproductive and stem cell biology. The neonatal marmoset monkey ovary contains numerous primitive premeiotic germ cells (oogonia) expressing pluripotent stem cell markers including OCT4A (POU5F1)...