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IN studies extending over the past four years on more than four hundred human follicular and tuba I ova1, three ova were found to have undergone cleavage in vivo within the intact follicle, without any possible contact with spermatozoa. There was no evidence of any abnormal stimulation.
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Hertig, A. T., Rock, J., Adams, C., and Mulligan, W. J., Contrib. Embryol., 35, 199 (1954).
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SHETTLES, L. Intrafollicular Cleavage of Human Ovum. Nature 178, 1131 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781131a0
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