He has informed us that there is a process, and not a rare one, of wastage or discharge of flawed fertilized ova. |
There are a few exceptions to this pattern, most famously in seahorses where females have an ovipositor which places unfertilized ova into the male's pouch for insemination. |
The ovary consists of a cortical zone composed of a specialized stroma, which contains follicles with ova. |
As part of the process of IVF, ova are fertilised outside the womb, producing embryos. |
De Graaf, working without the aid of a microscope, made the error of thinking that the fluid-filled follicles were the ova themselves. |
Human infection follows accidental ingestion of ova passed in dog faeces. |