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oogonium
Also known as oogonia
An oogonium (: oogonia) is a small diploid cell which, upon maturation, forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female (haploid or diploid) gametangium of certain thallophytes.
Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Oogonium
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
1,229 papers- In vitro reconstitution of epigenetic reprogramming in the human germ line.Nature · 2024
- Sexual differentiation.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2000
- Ex vivo reconstitution of fetal oocyte development in humans and cynomolgus monkeys.The EMBO journal · 2022
- Eggs forever?Differentiation; research in biological diversity · 2005
- A fossil peronosporomycete oogonium with an unusual surface ornament from the Carboniferous of France.Fungal biology · 2010
via PubMed
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- In the mammalian fetus
- Structure
- Development and differentiation
- Regulation of oogonia differentiation and entry into oogenesis
- Oogonial stem cells
- Controversy
- In certain thallophytes
- Structure
- Fertilization
- See also
- References
An oogonium (: oogonia) is a small diploid cell which, upon maturation, forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female (haploid or diploid) gametangium of certain thallophytes.
== In the mammalian fetus ==