Trans-generational maintenance of mitochondrial DNA integrity in oocytes during early folliculogenesis
Qin Xie, Haibo Wu, Jiaxin Qiu, Junbo Liu, Xueyi Jiang, Huihui Wu, Qifeng Lyu, Hui Long, Wenzhi Li, Shuo Zhang, Yuxiao Zhou, Yining Gao, Aaron J.W. Hsueh, Yanping Kuang, Lun Suo
The paper shows that mice reduce pathogenic mtDNA mutations in oocytes during early folliculogenesis, maintaining mitochondrial integrity across generations.
PLoS Genetics · Dec 3, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics