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<big>An oocyte is an immature egg cell. The oocyte will eventually break free from the follicle and travel down the fallopian tube – at which point it's called an egg (or ovum, if you're that way inclined). Once the egg gets fertilised by the sperm, it's a zygote.</big><ref>[https://theduff.co.uk/follicle-egg-zygote-difference-ivf/#:~:text=An%20oocyte%20is%20an%20immature,the%20sperm%2C%20it's%20a%20zygote. https://theduff.co.uk/follicle-egg-zygote-difference-ivf/#:~:text=An%20oocyte%20is%20an%20immature,the%20sperm%2C%20it's%20a%20zygote.]</ref> | <big>An oocyte is an immature egg cell. The oocyte will eventually break free from the follicle and travel down the fallopian tube – at which point it's called an egg (or ovum, if you're that way inclined). Once the egg gets fertilised by the sperm, it's a zygote.</big><ref>[https://theduff.co.uk/follicle-egg-zygote-difference-ivf/#:~:text=An%20oocyte%20is%20an%20immature,the%20sperm%2C%20it's%20a%20zygote. https://theduff.co.uk/follicle-egg-zygote-difference-ivf/#:~:text=An%20oocyte%20is%20an%20immature,the%20sperm%2C%20it's%20a%20zygote.]</ref> | ||
A developing egg is called an oocyte. Its differentiation into a mature egg (or ovum) involves a series of changes whose timing is geared to the steps of meiosis in which the germ cells go through their two final, highly specialized divisions.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26842/#:~:text=A%20developing%20egg%20is%20called,two%20final%2C%20highly%20specialized%20divisions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26842/#:~:text=A%20developing%20egg%20is%20called,two%20final%2C%20highly%20specialized%20divisions.]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:13, 3 January 2025
An oocyte is an immature egg cell. The oocyte will eventually break free from the follicle and travel down the fallopian tube – at which point it's called an egg (or ovum, if you're that way inclined). Once the egg gets fertilised by the sperm, it's a zygote.[1]
A developing egg is called an oocyte. Its differentiation into a mature egg (or ovum) involves a series of changes whose timing is geared to the steps of meiosis in which the germ cells go through their two final, highly specialized divisions.[2]