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a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Oogenesis results in only one functional gamete; the remaining products of MI or MII are the polar bodies, which contain chromosomes but virtually no cytoplasm.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v2/n4/glossary/nrg0401_...
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A small cell (which eventually disintegrates) that is the by-product of meiosis in female animals. One functional ovum and potentially three polar bodies result from meiosis of each primary oocyte.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/p.htm
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(More? Week 1 Notes)
Ãâó: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/P.htm
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A tiny, compact packet of excess chromosomes discarded first by the primary oocyte as it becomes a secondary oocyte just before ovulation -- the first polar body, with 46 chromosomes; and second by the secondary oocyte immediately after fertilization (or after activation by other means) -- the second polar body, with 23 chromosomes. The polar bodies lie in the perivitelline space. ...
Ãâó: www.jansen.com.au/Dictionary_PR.html
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