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Oocyte

noun
1.
A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions.





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"Oocyte" Quotes from Famous Books



... fertilized egg, as appears to be the case in these insects (see scheme). Conditions external to the chromosomes may determine in certain cases, such as Dinophilus, which sex character shall dominate in the growing oocyte, and maturation occur accordingly. It is evident that this reasoning would lead to the conclusion that sex is or may be determined in the egg before fertilization, and that selective fertilization, or infertility of gametic unions containing like sex characters, ...
— Studies in Spermatogenesis - Part II • Nettie Maria Stevens


Words linked to "Oocyte" :   gametocyte


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