{"paper_id":"6c1e83d5-5839-4bd2-bfd9-6239f8be03b1","body_text":"Editorial on the Research Topic  Advances on molecular mechanisms regulating reproduction - from gametogenesis to fertilization\n\nThe author(s) declared that financial support was received for this work and/or its publication. This work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia—FCT to UMIB (UID/215/2025) and the ITR—Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (LA/P/0064/2020; DOI: 10.54499/LA/P/0064/2020). The funder had no role in the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.\n\nEdited and reviewed by: \n Graça Soveral , University of Lisbon, Portugal\n\nDFC: Writing – original draft. AP: Writing – review and editing. RB: Writing – review and editing.\n\nThe author(s) declared that this work was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.\n\nThe author(s) declared that generative AI was not used in the creation of this manuscript.\nAny alternative text (alt text) provided alongside figures in this article has been generated by Frontiers with the support of artificial intelligence and reasonable efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, including review by the authors wherever possible. If you identify any issues, please contact us.\n\nAll claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.","source_license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_restricted":false}