Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Nicholas Hatzirodos
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39589 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hatzirodos Nicholas N Hummitzsch Katja K Irving-Rodgers Helen F HF Harland Margaret L ML Morris Stephanie E SE Rodgers Raymond J RJ
BMC genomics 20140118
<h4>Background</h4>The major function of the ovary is to produce oocytes for fertilisation. Oocytes mature in follicles surrounded by nurturing granulosa cells and all are enclosed by a basal lamina. During growth, granulosa cells replicate and a large fluid-filled cavity (the antrum) develops in the centre. Only follicles that have enlarged to over 10 mm can ovulate in cows. In mammals, the number of primordial follicles far exceeds the numbers that ever ovulate and atresia or regression of fol ...[more]