Karen Wigglesworth et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(39), E3723-E3729 (2013-08-28)
Coordinated regulation of oocyte and ovarian follicular development is essential for fertility. In particular, the progression of meiosis, a germ cell-specific cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes from diploid to haploid, must be arrested until just before ovulation.