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Making eggs: is it now or later?

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Although it has been thought that female mammals develop all the eggs they will ever have by the time they are born, new research suggesting otherwise has now sparked a debate.

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Figure 1: Follicles are the functional unit of the ovary.

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  1. Teresa K. Woodruff is the Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior, Lurie 10-117, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3015, USA. tkw@northwestern.edu,

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