Meaning polar body
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polar bodyMinute, nonfunctioning cell produced during those meiotic divisions that lead to egg cells; contains a nucleus but very little cytoplasm.
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polar bodyA small daughter cell formed by meiosis that degenerates in the process of oocyte production. polar molecule
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polar bodyany of at least one tiny cell which is generated by separation of oocytes during the cultivation of female gametes.
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polar body(French : globule polaire) Hypoploid cell resulting from the first two meiotic divisions. It contains mainly nuclear material, the cytoplasmic material being reserved for the ovocyte and the ovotid.
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polar bodyMinute 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 practic [..]
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polar bodyA small cell (which eventually disintegrates) that is the by-product of meiosis in female animals. One functional ovum and potentially three polar bodies result from meiosis of each primary oocyte.
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polar bodyThe discarded genetic material resulting from female germ cell division. When an egg matures it discards half of its genetic material so that the egg cell is ready to fuse with half the male genes ins [..]
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