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Descriptor
English
:
Polar Bodies
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cuerpos Polares
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Corpos Polares
Tree Number:
A05.360.490.690.680.500
A11.497.497.600.500
Definition
English
:
Minute cells produced during development of an OOCYTE as it undergoes
MEIOSIS
. A polar body contains one of the nuclei derived from the first or second meiotic
CELL DIVISION
.
Polar bodies
have practically no
CYTOPLASM
. They are eventually discarded by the oocyte. (from King & Stansfield, A
Dictionary
of
Genetics
, 4th ed)
History Note
English
:
2012
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
54415
Unique Identifier:
D059705
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