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From: Somatic signals counteract reproductive aging in females

Figure 2

Somatic signals control female reproductive aging. A diagrammatic cross-section of an adult hermaphrodite is shown, with the hypodermis and nerve cords in yellow, the four muscle quadrants in orange and the intestine in green. The two sections of the gonad are gray, with the distal one containing numerous oocytes in pachytene and the proximal one containing a single large oocyte arrested in diakinesis. Insulin/IGF signals (IIS) and TGFβ Sma/Mab signals are shown in red, with question marks to indicate that the means of communication with the germline remain unknown.

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