… antral cavity and of a healthy cumulus-oocyte complex. In addition, under this specific culture
condition sheep preantral follicles … of estradiol-secreting antral follicles containing healthy …

… predict follicle development and oocyte quality during the prepubertal period we used 40-day-old
ewe lambs … Cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) with 4–10 layers of granulosa cells, …

… receptors MT1 and MT2 in sheep cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) as well as the change
of melatonin level in follicular fluid (FF) during antral follicle development. In this research, …

… follicles of the sheep ovary: (a) c-kit localized in oocytes of type 1 and la follicles and (b) in an
oocyte of a type 2 follicle… concentrations in follicular fluid of antral follicles from sheep, cows …

… Improved development of in vitro matured oocytes can only … of different size (2–6 mm in sheep
and goat, 2–8 mm in … cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) derived from small antral follicles …

… , on sheep in vitro follicle development from the preantral stage onwards. LIF did not alter
follicle growth or … Oocyte–cumulus complexes were recovered from antral 550 µm to 950 µm …

… to support oocyte growth. In this review, we focus on the in vitro development of sheep EAFs
to … developed that involves using isolated cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) to improve the …

… The development of the ovarian antral follicle is a complex, … of sheep oocytes during antral
follicle development, … atlas, stage-specific molecular signatures, oocyte-secreted factors, and …

… this area with respect to follicle development in sheep and cattle, … In hypophysectomised
sheep antral follicle development … phase of development therefore involves complex interactions …

… because prolonged culture of oocytes from antral follicles fails to increase developmental …
surrounding somatic cells during the complex process of preantral follicle development. …