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MSH: Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM).,FMA: Germ cell of the female sex.,UWDA: Germ cell of the female sex.,NCI: The female gamete, germ cells in stages between the prophase of the first maturation division and the completion of the second maturation division.
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