Human oocyte microtubule organizing center: a newly identified driver for meiotic spindle assembly in female oocytes

Jie Dong, Tianyu Wu, Qing Sang, Lei Wang

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Life Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3) : 2. DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnad016
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Human oocyte microtubule organizing center: a newly identified driver for meiotic spindle assembly in female oocytes

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Jie Dong, Tianyu Wu, Qing Sang, Lei Wang. Human oocyte microtubule organizing center: a newly identified driver for meiotic spindle assembly in female oocytes. Life Medicine, 2023, 2(3): 2 https://doi.org/10.1093/lifemedi/lnad016

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