The number of primary oocytes in a female is

a. decreased continually throughout her reproductive life from puberty to menopause
b. maintained constant during her reproductive life because those that are lost are continuously replaced by an equal number of new primary oocytes
c. increased at the time of menopause
d. both a and c
e. both b and c


A

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