Prenatal development of the horse ovary] |
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Authors: | C Knospe K D Budras |
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Institution: | Institut für Veterin?ranatomie, Freien Universit?t Berlin. |
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Abstract: | To answer the many open questions concerning the development of the horse's ovary, first the prenatal development was investigated. It resulted that follicles derive from the germinal epithelium and its cords, whereas the Leydig cells and the rete blastema originate from the mesonephros. In the second third of pregnancy the Leydig cells undergo an enormous proliferation, in the last third they degenerate. However this degeneration is not connected with the postnatal development of the ovulation groove. |
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