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Table 2.

Known molecules exchanged between oocytes and nurse cells in Drosophila

Egg Chamber Stage	Known molecules exchanged	Biological process regulated	Reference
Germarium	Oocyte specification factors	Balbiani body and oocyte formation	[85]
	Mitochondria	Balbiani body and oocyte formation	[74]
Stages 1–10	Oocyte specification factors	Maintenance of oocyte identity/Prevention of cell cycle entry	[4]
	Patterning factors	Polarization of oocyte and follicle cells	[12]
	CDK Inhibitor Dacapo	Nurse cell endocycle regulation	[90]
	Organelles	General metabolism	[72,73]
	Ribosomes
	Lipid droplets
	Yolk
Stage 11+	Cytoplasm	General metabolism	[89]
	Nuclear degradation products	General metabolism	[89]