Bioscientifica Proceedings

The development of technologies to grow and mature oocytes from the most abundant primordial follicles holds many attractions for clinical practice, animal production technology and research. However, despite much research attention, it has proved difficult to grow follicles from early stages to maturity in vitro, as relatively little is known about the biology of oogenesis. It is clear that throughout oocyte development in vivo, follicle cell support is fund...