Oocytes

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Denudated mature oocyte ready for ICSI.

Submitted by:
Miguel Fernandez

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An oocyte with no visible polar bodies and two apparent germinal vesicles, visible on the right of the cytoplasm

Submitted by:
Gregory Horne

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An oocyte with no visible polar bodies and two apparent germinal vesicles was approximately 50% larger in diameter than a normal oocyte and may be diploid.

Submitted by:
Gregory Horne

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Note large size and the presence of 2 vesicles

Submitted by:
Marc Portmann

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A mature Oocyte. Note the polar body at 4 o'clock.

Submitted by:
Hasan Burjaq

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Meiotic spindle in a living human egg imaged by Polscope

Submitted by:
Weihua Wang

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Human GV-stage oocyte

Submitted by:
Ali, Jaffar

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'Giant' oocyte with two GV structures, next to normal MII oocyte. Different focal planes to display both GV structures

Submitted by:
Michael L. Reed

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Prophase I Oocyte with two Germinal Vesicles.

Submitted by:
Hasan Burjaq

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5 oocytes retrieved from a patient who failed to produce oocytes on a previous attempt. Many other abnormally developed zonas were found but contained unviable ooplasm.

Submitted by:
Marc Portmann