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Life cycle of a mammalian oocyte. The diagram places the prophase-to-metaphase transition in response to luteinizing hormone (LH) into the context of the overall meiotic cell cycle of the oocyte. One set of homologous chromosomes, each composed of two chromatids (purple), is shown.
