Zona pellucida is required for oocyte actin cortex and oocyte-somatic cell interactions during oocyte growth.

Consistent with this pro-apoptotic shift, we observed a trend toward increased TUNEL-positive GCs in mutant follicles, though this difference did not reach statistical significance, likely due to the limited sample size ( n = 3 follicles per group, Fig.

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