Abstract
Nulliparous females of a normal anautogenous strain of Lucilia cuprina mature all of their primary oöcytes after feeding ad lib on sheep's liver. Females fed measured inadequate amounts of protein-rich materia either fail to mature any oöcytes or mature less than their full complement. These mature oöcytes are smaller than in ad lib fed females. In females maturing no oöcytes, ovarian development ceases with all oöcytes in a pre-vitellogenic or early vitellogenic stage. When females mature only some of their oöcytes, the remainder are resorbed in early vitellogenesis. Few females mature less than 100 oöcytes, if they mature any at all.
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