Molecular evidence for early deuterostome origins of ovarian cell types and neuroendocrine control of reproduction.
Paganos P; Naigles B; Wolff C; Voronov D; Swartz SZ
Scientists studied how sea stars make eggs to learn about cells in their ovaries. They found special cells that help make eggs and studied how these cells work together. This helps us understand more about how oogenesis, or egg making, happens in sea stars and other animals.