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oogonium
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Also known as oogonia

An oogonium (: oogonia) is a small diploid cell which, upon maturation, forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female (haploid or diploid) gametangium of certain thallophytes.

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Anatomy.Name
Oogonium

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • In the mammalian fetus
  • Structure
  • Development and differentiation
  • Regulation of oogonia differentiation and entry into oogenesis
  • Oogonial stem cells
  • Controversy
  • In certain thallophytes
  • Structure
  • Fertilization
  • See also
  • References

An oogonium (: oogonia) is a small diploid cell which, upon maturation, forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female (haploid or diploid) gametangium of certain thallophytes.

== In the mammalian fetus ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “oogonium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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