Counting your oocytes before they hatch
25 November 2025 - 25 November 2025
5:30 pm start
Region(s): Otago
Type(s): presentations
Did you know that the egg that made you existed inside your grandmother? At birth, human ovaries contain up to a million eggs, yet only one or two might ever become a person. While seemingly a very wasteful system, as always, nature has its reasons.
Come along to hear PhD candidate Nicholas Anderson talk about Counting your oocytes before they hatch and find out what the ovaries are up to in this free talk.
Location: Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, , 10 Clarendon Street, Dunedin
For more information: https://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/thirst-for-knowledge-8
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What makes me, me? My genes or my environment? Explore our resources looking at this big idea in Uniquely me – introduction. We also have a timeline Fertilisation to adulthood that gives information on the key stages in the development of a human.
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