Pro-oocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An undifferentiated germline cell with the potential to become an oocyte.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pro- + oocyte.

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