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	INTRODUCTION
	FOLLICULOGENESIS
	CHRONOLOGY
	THE PROCESS
	FSH ACTION IN THE GRANULOSA CELLS
	LH ACTION IN THECA INTERSTITIAL CELLS
	TWO-CELL TWO-GONADOTROPIN CONCEPT
	OVULATION
	MURAL GRANULOSA CELLS: DIFFERENTIATION
	CUMULUS CELLS: EXPANSION
	OOCYTE: MEIOTIC MATURATION
	THECA LAYER REMODELING/STIGMA FORMATION
	LUTEINIZATION
	CONCLUDING REMARKS
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS