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Meaning of pro-oocyte | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An undifferentiated germline cell with the potential to become an oocyte.

Examples

“In D. melanogaster, the nuclei of pro-oocytes and young oocytes are unsuitable for detailed cytological study⟳ at the light⟳ microscope level because of their small size.”
“Two of the sixteen germline cells in each egg chamber develop⟳ as pro-oocytes, and the first asymmetry arises when one of these cells is selected to become⟳ the oocyte.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Pro-Pali pro-peptide pro-protein pro-Semite pro-sentence pro-shipper

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