Degeneration of polar body

1.	Degeneration of polar body
Answer» A\xa0polar body\xa0is a small haploid cell that is formed concomitantly as an egg cell during\xa0oogenesis, but generally does not have the ability to be fertilized. When certain diploid cells in animals undergo cytokinesis\xa0after\xa0meiosis to produce egg cells, they sometimes divide unevenly.\xa0Polar bodies\xa0form because the egg cell (oocyte)\xa0does\xa0not divide evenly. This\xa0is\xa0the type of cell division that results in haploid cells. The cell with more cytoplasm becomes a mature ovum while the\xa0polar body\xa0usually dissolves. The primary\xa0polar body\xa0also undergoes meiosis 2 and makes two secondary\xa0polar bodies.

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