• Question: what is an oocyte

    Asked by cheekymonkey1 to Jayne on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Jayne Charnock answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      It is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature egg cell. An oocyte is produced in the ovary during female gametogenesis and this is what the sperm fertilises during conception

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