Light micrograph of sex cords in a fetal ovary showing oogonia. Oogonia near the ovarian surface are undergoing mitosis (nuclear division). More deepl

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Light micrograph of sex cords in a fetal ovary showing oogonia. Oogonia near the ovarian surface are undergoing mitosis (nuclear division). More deeply, primary oocytes with larger nuclei are in prophase of the first meiotic division (gamete formation). The sex cords develop into the ovarian follicles.

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