This review resulted from an international workshop and presents a consensus view of critical advances over the past decade in our understanding follicle function ruminants. The major concepts covered include: (1) value genes; (2) dynamics fetal ovarian development its sensitivity to nutritional environmental influences; (3) concept reserve, aligned with rise anti-Müllerian hormone as controlle...

The female reproductive tract organs of mammals, including the oviducts, uterus, cervix and upper vagina, are derived from the Müllerian ducts, a pair of epithelial tubes that form within the mesonephroi. The Müllerian ducts form in a rostral to caudal manner, guided by and dependent on the Wolffian ducts that have already formed. Experimental embryological studies indicate that caudal elongati...