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, Oocytes
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84(75); was see under OVUM 1975-83 ,84; was see under OVUM 1975-83 ,do not confuse with OOCYSTS life cycle stage in protozoa
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D009865