Research highlight

Somatic signals counteract reproductive aging in females

Ronald E Ellis1* and Qing Wei1,2

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, B303 Science Center, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA

2 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, B303 Science Center, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA

For all author emails, please log on.

Genome Biology 2010, 11:142 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-11-142

Published: 30 November 2010

Abstract

Recent research shows that declining oocyte quality with age is not inevitable in nematodes, and similar signals might regulate reproductive aging in women.