Ovaries are vital to fertility - they generate ova as well as sex hormones like oestrogen and progesterone. Their function is dependent on the number of primordial follicles - consisting of an ...

Graphical abstract of this study. A total of 18 ovaries from 16 cynomolgus monkeys were collected and separated into five developmental stages: perinatal period (E140, 8-day-old [8 d ...