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MeSH Heading: Vitellogenesis
Tree Number(s): G04.152.650.249.880; G08.686.784.310.500.880
Unique ID: D014818
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014818
Scope Note: The active production and accumulation of VITELLINS (egg yolk proteins) in the non-mammalian OOCYTES from circulating precursors, VITELLOGENINS. Vitellogenesis usually begins after the first MEIOSIS and is regulated by estrogenic hormones.
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/06
Revision Date: 2016/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Vitellogenesis MeSH Descriptor Data 2023