15. What is the first polar
body? How different is it from
the oocyte II?

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In oogenesis the oogonium
into oocyte I(2n) and
cell enters meiosis. After the
first meiotic division ( I)the
oocyte I forms cells: the oocyte II
() and the first polar . The oocyte
IIis bigger it gets almost all
cytoplasm and the cytoplasmic
of the oocyte I a strategy
for metabolite nutrient storage. The
oocyte cell goes then to second
meiotic division. The polar body is
very and almost lacks cytoplasm;
disintegrates or stays attached the
oocyte II.