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. 2011 Dec 1;12(4):270-3.
doi: 10.5152/jtgga.2011.63. eCollection 2011.

There is no neo-oogenesis in the adult mammalian ovary

Alain Gougeon  1 , Elena Notarianni  2
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There is no neo-oogenesis in the adult mammalian ovary

Alain Gougeon et al. J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Some examples of atretic resting follicles exhibiting a condensed oocyte in the mouse ovary (bar=20 μm)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Some examples of involuted and fragmented oocytes from atretic antral follicles at a late stage of atresia in the mouse ovary (bar=80 μm)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Leptotene, pachytene, zygotene (black arrows) and diplotene (white arrow) stages of meiosis in the foetal monkey (Macaca fascicularis). Notice the difference between the primordial follicle at the diplotene (dictyate) stage and the intermediate stages (Leptotene, pachytene, zygotene) of meiosis (Bar=30 μm)
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