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What is vitellogenesis?

What is vitellogenesis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. yolk deposition; the process of yolk formation via nutrients being deposited in the oocyte, or female germ cell involved in reproduction
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For these reasons, the vitellogenesis of insects with meroistic ovaries can be completed in up to two days.
The roles of juvenile hormone, ecdysone and the ovary in the control of Drosophila vitellogenesis.
This research will reveal fundamental molecular details of vitellogenesis and its relation to egg quality common to zebrafish and important farmed species.
Temperature experienced during vitellogenesis influences ovarian maturation and the timing of ovulation in common wolffish.
However, some chelonians may depend heavily upon body lipid reserves to complete vitellogenesis and egg production.
The eyestalk complex appears to produce a neurohormone that inhibits vitellogenesis by the fat body and blocks vitellogenin uptake by oocytes in the ovary.

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