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Definition of polar body
: a cell that separates from an oocyte during meiosis and that contains a nucleus produced in the first or second meiotic division and very little cytoplasm
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Recent Examples on the Web The extra chromosome material left over from the egg’s final stage of division remains in a smaller sphere called a polar body.
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Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Researchers Mature Human Eggs in the Lab for the First Time," 10 Feb. 2018 Typically, these polar bodies break down in the woman’s body.
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Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Researchers Mature Human Eggs in the Lab for the First Time," 10 Feb. 2018 This may mean that too much cytoplasm — the fluid inside cells — ended up in the polar body.
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Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Researchers Mature Human Eggs in the Lab for the First Time," 10 Feb. 2018
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The first known use of polar body was in 1882
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