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Science 1 February 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5863, pp. 558 - 559
DOI: 10.1126/science.319.5863.558b
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Aging of the Ovary Linked to PTEN Pathway

Jean Marx

On page 611 of this week's issue of Science, researchers report that in the absence of a gene called Pten, the egg-containing follicles of mice were activated rapidly at an early age, thus causing depletion of the animals' eggs much sooner than is normal--a situation similar to that of premature ovarian failure in humans.

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