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ovarian follicle
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ovarian follicle
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A cavity in the ovary containing a maturing ovum surrounded by its encasing cells.
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The hormone injections used to induce livestock and women to ovulate may force some eggs to leave ovarian follicles too early to begin and maintain a successful pregnancy, a new study reports.
Follicle size matters: hormone regimen may reduce pregnancy success by Brownlee, C. / Science News
In the study, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, tested whether ovarian follicles develop in "waves" in humans, as they do in some animals.
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Tilly and his colleagues began to question the dogma when they performed the first measurements of the death rate of ovarian follicles in mice.
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