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* Of interest for breeding guide dogs, which are monoetrous animals that do not produce many mature oocytes. This is desirable to avoid bitches having to take leave due to pregnancy.
* Experimental with low success rates.
* Experimental with low success rates.
* Routine in mice.
* Routine in mice.
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* Recovery of secondary or primary (ultimately primordial) follicles.
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* Recovery of [[Follicles - Anatomy & Physiology#Follicular_Development|secondary or primary (ultimately primordial) follicles]].
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* Follicles matured in vitro for subsequent IVF.
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* Oocytes are arrested in the germinal vesicle stage (prophase of the first meiotic division).
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* Donor should be pre-pubertal, thus a full pool of primordial follicles is available.
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* [[Follicles - Anatomy & Physiology|Follicles]] matured in vitro for subsequent IVF.
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* Donor should be pre-pubertal, thus a full pool of [[Follicles - Anatomy & Physiology#Follicular_Development|primordial follicles]] is available.