Immature ovum
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Immature ovum | |
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Anatomical terminology |
An immature ovum is a cell that goes through the process of
Cell type | ploidy/chromosomes | chromatids | Process | Process completion |
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Oogonium | diploid/46 | 2C | Oocytogenesis (mitosis ) |
third trimester |
primary Oocyte | diploid/46 | 4C | separated | Dictyate in prophase I until ovulation |
secondary Oocyte | haploid/23 | 2C | Ootidogenesis (meiosis 2) -- polar body separated |
Halted in metaphase II until fertilization |
Ootid | haploid/23 | 1C | Maturation | Minutes after fertilization |
Ovum | haploid/23 | 1C |
Oogonium
Oogonia are created in early embryonic life. All have turned into primary oocytes at late fetal age.
Primary oocyte
The primary oocyte is defined by its process of
When meiosis I is completed, one secondary oocyte and one polar body is created.
Primary oocytes have been created in late fetal life. This is the stage where immature ova spend most of their lifetime, more specifically in diplotene of prophase I of meiosis. The halt is called dictyate. Most degenerate by atresia, but a few go through ovulation, and that's the trigger to the next step. Thus, an immature ovum can spend up to ~55 years as a primary oocyte (the last ovulation before menopause).
Secondary oocyte
The secondary oocyte is the cell that is formed by meiosis I in oogenesis.[3] Thus, it has only one of each pair of homologous chromosomes. In other words, it is haploid. However, each chromosome still has two chromatids, making a total of 46 chromatids (1N but 2C). The secondary oocyte continues the second stage of meiosis (meiosis II), and the daughter cells are one ootid and one polar body.
Secondary oocytes are the immature ovum shortly after ovulation, to
Ootid
An ootid is the haploid result of ootidogenesis.[4] In oogenesis, it doesn't really have any significance in itself, since it is very similar to the ovum. However, it fills the purpose as the female counterpart of the male spermatid in spermatogenesis.
Each chromosome is split between the two ootids, leaving only one chromatid per chromosome. Thus, there are 23 chromatids in total (1N).
In other words, the ootid is the immature ovum formed shortly after fertilization, but before complete maturation into an ovum. Thus, the time spent as an ootid is measured in minutes.
Ovum
The ootid matures into an
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