Normal mouse oocytes are known to form parthenotes in culture in response to chemical signals or temperature changes, but despite multiple attempts to implant them in a womb, none has ever survived to birth.
Not exact matches
In the ovary of a
normal mouse (left), a large follicle is shown at a late stage of development (a light pink
oocyte surrounded by follicular cells, inset).
Although the
mice without Bax started out with the same number of
oocytes as
normal mice, their ovaries harbored about three times as many
oocyte - containing follicles shortly after puberty.