Medical Definition of Germinal pole

1. In most animal oocytes the nucleus is not centrally placed and its position can be used to define two poles. That nearest to the nucleus is the animal pole and the other is the vegetal pole, with the animal vegetal axis between the poles passing through the nucleus. During meiosis of the oocyte the polar bodies are expelled at animal pole. In many eggs there is also a graded distribution of substances along this axis, with pigment granules often concentrated in the animal half and yolk, where present, largely in the vegetal half. (12 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germinal Pole

germinal centre
germinal centre kinase
germinal centre of Flemming
germinal disc
germinal discs
germinal disk
germinal disks
germinal epithelium
germinal localization
germinal matrix
germinal membrane
germinal mosaicism
germinal mutation
germinal pole (current term)
germinal rod
germinal streak
germinally
germinant
germinants
germinate
germinated
germinates
germinating
germination
germinations
germinative
germinative layer

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