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Descriptor English:   Oocytes 
Descriptor Spanish:   Oocitos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Oócitos 
Synonyms English:   Ovocytes  
Tree Number:   A05.360.490.690.680
A11.497.497.600
Definition English:   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). 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with OOCYSTS life cycle stage in protozoa
History Note English:   84(75); was see under OVUM 1975-83 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
chemistry classification
cytology drug effects
enzymology growth & development
immunology metabolism
microbiology pathology
physiology parasitology
radiography radiation effects
radionuclide imaging secretion
transplantation ultrastructure
ultrasonography virology
Record Number:   10048 
Unique Identifier:   D009865 

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