(1) Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA;(2) Department of Anatomy and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Abstract:
Background
Oocyte cortical granules are important in the fertilization of numerous species including mammals. Relatively little is known about the composition, migration, and pre-fertilization release of mammalian oocyte cortical granules.