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Each oocyte remains under meiotic arrest until just before

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In most animals, oocytes are held in meiotic arrest in prophase I prior to ovulation. The ovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge promotes the resumption of meiosis of the arrested oocytes and their progression through the second meiotic cycle, only to be arrested again at metaphase II until fertilization.

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