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).
Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
D002938
Ciona intestinalis
Vase or tube shaped TUNICATES with a cosmopolitan distribution.
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014561
Urochordata
A subphylum of chordates intermediate between the invertebrates and the true vertebrates. It includes the Ascidians.