found: Work cat.: Kennedy, A.M. Reproduction of striped bass Morone saxatilis : a structural, biochemical and functional characterization of atresia, 2002:abstr. (ovarian atresia) p. 1 (The term atresia is used to describe the breakdown of gametes and the resorption of nutrients used in their construction. In female vertebrates, atresia is a widespread process in which ovarian follicles are eliminated as a regulatory control to prevent ovulation of damaged or inferior oocytes) p. 10 (follicular atresia)
found: Review of ovarian function, via Infertility and IVF Center website, Dec. 15, 2005(relentless and irreversible loss of oocytes by a process known as atresia)
found: Wikipedia, Dec. 15, 2005(In ovarian follicle atresia, atresia refers to the degeneration and subsequent resorption of one or more immature ovarian follicles.)
found: Google search, Dec. 15, 2005(ovarian atresia; oocyte atresia; ovarian follicle atresia; ovarian follicular atresia; follicular atresia; loss of vertebrate ovarian follicles via atresia; atresia of ovarian follicles)
