Review: The ovarian follicular reserve – implications for fertility in ruminants
Ruminants are born with a finite number of healthy ovarian follicles and oocytes (ovarian reserve) and germ cell proliferation in the developing foetal gonad predominantly occurs during early gestation. Two markers have been established to reliably estimate the size of the ovarian reserve in cattle:...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-05-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173112300040X |