Identification of Oocyte Progenitor Cells in the Zebrafish Ovary
- 10 July 2012
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Vol. 916, 157-165
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-980-8_12
Abstract
Zebrafish breed year round and females are capable of producing thousands of eggs during their lifetime. This amazing fecundity is due to the fact that the adult ovary, contains premeiotic oocyte progenitor cells, called oogonia, which produce a continuous supply of new oocytes throughout adult life. Oocyte progenitor cells can be easily identified based on their expression of Vasa, and their characteristic nuclear morphology. Thus, the zebrafish ovary provides a unique and powerful system to study the genetic regulation of oocyte production in a vertebrate animal. A method is presented here for identifying oocyte progenitor cells in the zebrafish ovary using whole-mount confocal immunofluorescence that is simple and accurate.Keywords
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