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Vertebrate reproductive science and technology
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Mouse oocytes control metabolic co-operativity between oocytes and cumulus cells

John Eppig
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The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA. Email: jje@jax.org

Reproduction, Fertility and Development 17(2) 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1071/RDv17n2paperabs
Submitted: 1 August 2004  Accepted: 1 October 2004   Published: 1 January 2005


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