oocytelike
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]oocytelike (comparative more oocytelike, superlative most oocytelike)
- Resembling or characteristic of an oocyte.
- 1989 March 1, W M Bement, D G Capco, “Activators of protein kinase C trigger cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, and cleavage furrow formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.”, in Journal of Cell Biology[1]:
- Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex.