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The role of mesonephros in ovarian organogenesis

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Clinical Pathology of the Endocrine Ovary

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In the mammalian female, the ovigerous cords appear early in the fetal ovary1. These cords are constituted by two cellular types: germinal cells (the future oocytes) and somatic cells (the follicular cell precursors).

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Mauleon, P., Bezard, J. (1984). The role of mesonephros in ovarian organogenesis. In: de Brux, J., Gautray, JP. (eds) Clinical Pathology of the Endocrine Ovary. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1129-2_1

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