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[relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide] this is the new designation for a hormone found in hot-water extracts of the radial nerve cords of starfish Asterias forbesi (hence the designation RNF [starfish radial nerve factor] (Schuetz, 1969) in older references). Orthologs have been identified in other starfish species (for overview see: Mita, 2019).
The role of RGP as the primary mediator of oocyte maturation and ovulation in starfish is indirect in that it induces the maturation-inducing hormone identified as 1-methyladenine (1-MeAde), which is responsible for the resumption of meiosis in immature oocytes and release from the ovary (for overview see: Mita, 2019)
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