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The cytoplasmic inclusions in the oogenesis of man

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    The Golgi apparatus is described throughout human oogenesis. It is at first juxtanuclear and then perinuclear. A retispersion takes place and the Golgiapparatus becomes juxtanuclear for a second time, but finally becomes dispersed and forms a layer under the zona pellucida.

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    Some sudanophil fat is present in the young human oocyte, but it diminishes in amount as growth proceeds.

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    The mitochondria are at first massed together at the side of the nucleus, but then become dispersed through the ooplasm until they form a ring. In mature oocytes, the mitochondria are scattered evenly throughout the central ooplasm.

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    The zona pellucida originates in the follicle cells when the oocyte measures 64 μ, in diameter. It is a homogeneous layer and is not striated.

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    The perivitelline space exists only in mature oocytes and the polar bodies lie in it.

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    The Golgi apparatus of the follicle cells has a definite orientation — that of the follicular epithelium being on the side of the cell nearest the centre, while that of the corona radiata is remote from the oocyte.

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    Olive E. Aykroyd B. A.

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Aykroyd, O.E. The cytoplasmic inclusions in the oogenesis of man. Z. f. Zellforschung u. mikr. Anatomie 27, 691–710 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375408

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