… The development of antral follicles in sheep and cattle is dependent on FSH, but large antral
follicles … The mechanisms that result in the selection of at least one ovulatory follicle from …

… work in sheep and cattle investigated the patterns of steroidogenesis during antral follicle
growth. … seen in the different breeds of sheep is due to the presence of a number of pathways …

… cultured follicles to further differentiate into antral follicles. Indeed, only when sheep follicles
… the highest proportion of estradiol-secreting antral follicles containing healthy COCs. Thus, …

… In summary, in single ovulating species like man the ovulatory follicle is selected from a
cohort of small antral follicles (2–5 mm diameter) which are present in the ovaries at the time of …

… This paper will consider how the pre¬ ovulatory follicle is selected and the way in which it
establishes dominance over the other antral follicles in the human and sheep. …

… this area with respect to follicle development in sheep and cattle, concentrating primarily …
sheep and cattle (Turnbull et al. 1977). In hypophysectomised sheep antral follicle development …

… could predict follicle development and oocyte quality during the prepubertal period we used
40-day-old ewe lambs with high, intermediate and low AFC (≥30, 16–29 and ≤15 follicles …

… in regulating follicle selection mechanisms … -antral follicles) which subsequently form a
fluid filled space (antrum) and a well differentiated theca layer. Follicular development in sheep …

… that changes in antral follicle populations in ewe lambs of the present … ) antral follicles. In
our earlier study (Bartlewski et al., 2002), April-born Suffolk x Western White Face ewe lambs …

… the terminal stages of follicle development, and as a result, our knowledge of the endocrine,
paracrine, and autocrine mechanisms regulating antral follicle development is extensive (1–…