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Smad8 is involvement in follicular development via the regulation of granulosa cell growth and steroidogenesis in mice

DAOLUN YU¹, DEYONG SHE², KAI GE¹, LEI YANG¹, RUINA ZHAN¹, SHAN LU^3,*, YAFEI CAI^4,*

1 College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, 237012, China
2 Lu’an Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lu’an, 237001, China
3 College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China
4 College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China

* Corresponding Authors: SHAN LU. Email: ; YAFEI CAI. Email: