Oocyte before ovulation. Light micrograph of a section through tissue from an ovary, showing an oocyte two days before ovulation. The ovary is the rep

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Oocyte before ovulation. Light micrograph of a section through tissue from an ovary, showing an oocyte two days before ovulation. The ovary is the reproductive structure that produces the female sex cells (ova). The ova develop within structures called follicles. The process of folliculogenesis parallels the development of the female sex cells, resulting in ovulation and the release of an ovum from the mature follicle.

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