Ovarian disorders may refer to diseases primarily affecting, or centered around, the ovaries.
Maternal investment was "allometrically engineered" by surgically removing an ovary in cockroaches (Diploptera punctata).
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are a cell line derived from the ovary of the Chinese hamster, often used in biological and medical research and commercially in the production of therapeutic proteins.
Female size is significantly correlated with ovary weight, and males intensify their courtship rituals for the more fecund females.
GDF9 plays an important role in the development of primary follicles in the ovary.
To build the ovary, honeycombs of theca cells were formed, one of two key types in the ovary, donated by reproductive-age patients at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island.
Recent studies have shown that many cases of Sertoli Leydig cell tumor of the ovary are caused by germline mutations in the DICER1 gene.
Shiloh Jade Pepin (August 4, 1999 – October 23, 2009) was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States with her lower extremities fused, no bladder, no uterus, no rectum, only 6 inches of large colon, no vagina, and with only one quarter of a kidney and one ovary.