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MeSH Heading: Polar Bodies
Tree Number(s): A05.360.490.690.680.500; A11.497.497.600.500
Unique ID: D059705
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059705
Scope Note: Minute 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 practically no CYTOPLASM. They are eventually discarded by the oocyte. (from King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Entry Term(s): Polar Body; Polar Cells
Previous Indexing: Oocytes (1976-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Polar Bodies MeSH Descriptor Data 2023