… Ovarian-mesonephric complexes or ovaries were dissected … Healthy antral follicles (n =
51 from 12 sheep) ranging in size … In sheep, WT1 was not observed in oocytes of any follicles …

… antral follicle stage and compared such expression at corresponding stages of development
of the cultured follicles in sheep. … oocyte complexes from in vivo grown large antral follicles …

… the sheep ovary, expression of the BMPR-IB gene was detected in oocytes of primordial and
pre-antral follicles … in cumulus–oocyte complex (COC)-conditioned maturation media and …

… recover cumulus-oocyte complexes according to follicle size. … 3 mm to ≥3 mm follicles of
prepubertal ewes. In addition, this … development of the oocytes obtained from both follicle groups…

… grown early antral follicles but did not change further as the development … oocyte complexes
(COCs) from in vivo grown large antral follicles and from 6 day cultured large antral follicles …

… In sheep, all healthy follicles 2 mm in diameter are recruited, … However, the presence of
antral follicles through the luteal … Two processes lead to development of preovulatory follicles. …

… Ultrasound research was instrumental in exposing the wave-like development pattern of
antral follicles during the oestrous cycle in cow, sheep, goat, horse, as well as during the human …

… After 12 days of development only 6% and 11% oocytes … Cumulus-enclosed oocytes were
removed from antral follicles (… about 80% of sheep oocyte-cumulus complexes form normal …

… collected from separate groups of sheep by ovariectomy, to … developing CL as early as
12-24 h after ovulation in the ewe. … , with complex processes such as follicle formation, oocyte …

… follicles and cumulus–oocyte complexes from intact early antral follicles can grow in culture
and can develop … from prepubertal sheep were cultured, only 4–5% of oocytes from these …