Animals
- In cats, rabbits, and camelids, ovulation is induced mechanically by the male through copulation.
- Chickens have an ovulation almost every day.
- The embryos of some Marsupial species enter embryonic diapause (or delayed implantation) after fertilization.
- After ovulation, oocytes remain in Meiosis I. The oocyte proceeds to Meiosis II before fertilization.
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)