oocyte

[US]/'əʊəsaɪt/
[UK]/'oə,saɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Oocyte
Explanation: An immature egg cell within the reproductive cells.
Word Forms
Pluraloocytes

Example Sentences

Results: After treatment with PKC activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), PKCα and γ translocated to the periphery of the oocyte, but no CG release was found.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the first polar body morphology of oocyte and the zygote morphology in pronucleus stage, embryo quality in cleavage stage.

The secondary oocyte now divides again into two new cells of unequal size: a relatively large ootid (mature egg cell) and a minute second polar body.

The dorsoventral polarity of Drosophila egg is established by means of signaling between the germ line-derived oocyte and the surrounding somatic follicle cells.

residual fecundity The number of vitellogenic or advanced yolked oocytes in ovaries showing postovulatory follicles. This indicates that these emales had already spawned some eggs.

The ovarian follicles of 600-700μm in diameter responsed to 5 and 10 ng/ml of 17α,20β-DHP and underwent oocyte GVBD after 3 or 9 of hours preincubation with 50 IU/ml HCG.

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