SCIENCESCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong
The traditional belief that female mammals are born with all their eggs is being challenged by new research. Studies suggest this biological dogma about women not producing new eggs after birth may be incorrect.
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