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The cells, produced by ovaries, that eventually become an ovum (“egg cell”) via meiosis.<\/p>\n

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An ovum in an immature stage of development.<\/p>\n

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A cell which forms from an oogonium and becomes an ovum by meiosis.<\/p>\n

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A human egg; also called a female gametocyte or ovocyte. An oocyte carries the female half of the chromosomes that, when united with the complementary chromosomes from a sperm, form a zygote.<\/p>\n

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A cell in the ovary that undergoes meiosis to form an ovum. Primary oocytes develop from oogonia in the fetal ovary as they enter the early stages of meiosis. Only a fraction of the primary oocytes survive until puberty, and even fewer will be ovulated. At ovulation the first meiotic division is completed and a secondary oocyte and a polar body are formed. Fertilization stimulates the completion of the second meiotic division, which produces a second polar body and an ovum.<\/p>\n

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An immature ovum. When the cell undergoes meiosis in the ovary it becomes an ovum and is ready for fertilization by the spermatozoa. Only a small number of the many odcytes produced survive until puberty, and not all of these will become ova and be ejected into the fallopian tubes.<\/p>\n

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The stage in the development of an egg cell between the oogonium and the ovum.<\/p>\n

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A cell located in the ovary undergoes meiosis, a type of cell division, to form ova, also known as egg cells.<\/p>\n

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