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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009865
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009865
Preferred Name

Oocytes

Definitions
Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM).
Synonyms
Ovocytes
Ovocyte
Oocyte
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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