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There are 400,000 ova in a female at puberty, but there will only be 400 eggs ever used potentially for ovulation and conception (Hafez 1978b, 1980). Under the influence of FSH and LH secretion, the ovarian follicle grows and migrates to the surface of the ovary, whereupon meiosis is resumed, reducing the number of chromosomes in the nucleus from 46 to 23. The process is completed within 48 hours of ovulation. A surge of pituitary LH causes rupture of the follicle and release of the ovum from the ovary. Ovulation occurs under the influence of several physioanatomical, neural and endocrine mechanisms (Coutinho and Maia 1972; Diaz-Infante et al. 1974; Jaszczak and Hafez 1973; Neilson et al. 1970; O’Shea and Phillips 1974; Owman et al. 1975; Walles et al. 1975a, 1975b).
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Hafez, E.S.E. (1980). Prediction and Detection of Ovulation: Physiological and Clinical Parameters. In: Emperaire, J.C., Audebert, A., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH). Clinics in Andrology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8817-0_4
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