Light micrograph of a fetal ovary showing several oocytes (immature egg cells) undergoing meiosis (gamete formation). Three stages of prophase are see

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Light micrograph of a fetal ovary showing several oocytes (immature egg cells) undergoing meiosis (gamete formation). Three stages of prophase are seen: pachytene (top half), with chromosomes appearing as thick strands, one oocyte in leptotene (bottom half) with chromosomes as thin strands, and three oocytes in zygotene (left and right) with chromosomes in a bouquet.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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