Scientific Source #28 – Peer-Reviewed Article
“Oocyte maturation is an essential cellular differentiation pathway that prepares the egg for activation at fertilization leading to the initiation of embryogenesis”28

28Machaca, K., Ca2+ signaling differentiation during oocyte maturation, J Cell Physiol, 2007, 213(2):331-40, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17620315.