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Newly Evolved Endogenous Retroviruses Prime the Ovarian Reserve for Activation
Yasuhisa Munakata, Mengwen Hu, Raissa G Dani…·Satoshi H. Namekawa
The paper identifies newly evolved endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) as drivers of epigenetic priming in non-growing oocytes, enabling follicular activation during oogenesis.
DOI 10.1101/2025.11.10.687753