oogonia
- plural of oogonium.
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At about 5 months gestation, the ovaries contain approximately six to seven million oogonia, which initiate meiosis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The oogonia produce primary oocytes that are arrested in prophase I of meiosis from the time of birth until puberty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Without SRY, different genes are expressed, oogonia form, and primordial follicles develop in the primitive ovary.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Unlike spermatogonia, however, oogonia form primary oocytes in the fetal ovary prior to birth.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Monoblepharis has oogonia with single oospheres and antheridia developing a few amoeboid uniciliate antherozoids; these creep to the opening of the oogonium and then swim in.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
