| Term: | oocyte stage V egg activation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | oocyte stage V |
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| Synonyms: | mature egg, unactivated egg |
| Definition: | Oocyte part of stage V ovarian follicle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001569] |
| Name: | egg activation |
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| Definition: | The process in which the egg becomes metabolically active, initiates protein and DNA synthesis and undergoes structural changes to its cortex and/or cytoplasm. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007343] QuickGO AmiGO |