Ovarian follicle

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corpus luteum, graafian follicle

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• An ovarian follicle is that little cavity that grows an egg set for release at mid-cycle, or ovulation.
• In the present study, we examined the hypothesis that disruption of GJC within the ovarian follicle is sufficient for induction of oocyte maturation.
• The extensively developed network of cell-to-cell communication in the ovarian follicle is generated by gap junctions.
• (Each growing ovarian follicle is formed by an oocyte surrounded by several layers of granulosa and theca cells.
• The basal lamina of the chicken ovarian follicle is a 1 pm thick continuous sheet and appears homoge- nous at low magnifications and lacks lamina fibroreticularis (Perry et al.

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