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Control of Recruitment of Preantral Follicles in Mammalian Ovaries

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Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans

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Abstract

Mature oocytes in Graafian follicles are at the end of a developmental continuum which began when they entered meiotic prophase months or even years earlier. The greater part of the lifespan of those in adult ovaries is represented by the population of primordial follicles. These follicles provide an irreplaceable store for recruitment towards ovulatory ripeness, though earlier termination of development by atresia is the fate of the majority. Considering their significance in the life history of the species, it is remarkable that so little is known about the biology of small follicles compared with the extensive knowledge about Graafian stages evolving from them. New experimental opportunities that are now at hand promise to bring greater research attention and a better understanding to primordial follicles. In the following sections their salient characteristics will be described in terms of population dynamics and developmental biology of individual units.

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Gosden, R.G. (1990). Control of Recruitment of Preantral Follicles in Mammalian Ovaries. In: Dale, B. (eds) Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans. NATO ASI Series, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83965-8_8

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