Figure 1. A summary of folliculogenesis. The primordial follicle pool develops into primary then secondary follicles independently of gonadotrophins, but the process is closely regulated by activating (green box) and inhibitory (red box) factors. Growth from a secondary follicle to an antral follicle is increasingly gonadotrophin-dependent, with ovulation being entirely gonadotrophin-dependent.
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