The art and artifact of GDF9 activity: cumulus expansion and the cumulus expansion-enabling factor

Stephanie A Pangas1, Martin M Matzuk

  • 1Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. spangas@bcm.tmc.edu

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