In the ovarian surface epithelium of women with no naturally present follicles and oocytes-postmenopausal women and young women with premature ovarian failure, there are present pluripotent stem cells, which can be in vitro developed into confirmed early oocytes.
COBISS.SI-ID: 24354265
In the ovarian surface epithelium cell culture parthenogenetic embryo-like structures are developed, which can be confirmed and are developed because of different triggers from the environment (i.e., warm) and not after the fertilization. This is the indirect confirmation of the presence of oocytes in the cell culture.
COBISS.SI-ID: 714875