Meaning of pro-oocyte | Babel Free

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.”

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