Term: unfertilized egg pseudocleavage
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Name: unfertilized egg
Synonyms: activated oocyte
Definition: A female gamete where meiosis has progressed to metaphase II and is able to participate in fertilization. In zebrafish specified to be outside the body.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001570]
Name: pseudocleavage
Synonyms:
Definition: Partial constriction of the cytoplasm of a cell to form a furrow that resembles a cleavage furrow but does not complete cytokinesis.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030588]    QuickGO    AmiGO