At the time of birth, a baby girl has thousands of immature eggs.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Unlike spermatogenesis, oogenesis starts in embryonic life with the formation of oogania ( gamete mother cells ).
Oogania starts dividing and enter into a prophase-I stage of the meiosis. They get arrested at this stage and they are called as primary oocytes now.
These oocytes are basically immature eggs and they are present in thousands within each ovary of a baby.
So, the correct option is 'True'.

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