unlike spermatogonia, oogonia divide into primary oocytes prior to birth. Correct Answer: ✅ True
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Assertion: Oogenesis is initiated during the embryonic development stage when a couple of million gamete mother cell (oogonia) are formed with in each foetal ovary. Reason: No more oogonia are formed and added after birth.
'Which statement below concerning oogenesis is FALSE? About half the oogonia complete mitosis between birth and puberty: An ovum completes its last meiosis after it is fertilized: At birth, girls have already lost the majority of their oocytes: oogenesis begins before birth. Ova develop from stem cells called oogonia.'
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