Term: immature gonad germ cell development
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Name: immature gonad
Synonyms: juvenile gonad, juvenile ovary
Definition: Immature reproductive tissue that has not undergone final maturation into either testis or ovary. During gonadal development, the gonad may be transiently intersexual where there is a parallel presence of both oocytes and spermatocytes.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005272]
Name: germ cell development
Synonyms: germ-cell development, primordial germ cell development
Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an immature germ cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure (gamete). A germ cell is any reproductive cell in a multicellular organism.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007281]    QuickGO    AmiGO