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it is expelled after oocyte maturation, because it is the byproduct of the formation of the secondary oocyte which contains most of the cytoplasm.

rarely it may be fertilized by sperm before it is expelled.

the gametes of a diploid organism must be haploid before fertilization to retain its diploidy after fertlization.

2007-05-08 19:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 0 0

The polar bodies from animal oogenesis die. The reason each oogenesis produces only one oocyte is because of asymmetrical cell division -- the ovum needs all of the cytoplasm and nutrients from the primary oocyte, so all of that goes into it and the other 3 cells die. After fertilization, ova divide the first several times without growing, and need to have available all of the necessary nutrients and cell machinery (nothing significant is provided by the sperm) to make all the cells of the early embryo.

2007-05-09 02:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by zilmag 7 · 0 0

If you're referring to the polar bodies, they die and are resorbed by the body. Their only known function is to accept the extra chromosomes that are released by the future egg cell so that it can keep only half of the chromosome number after meiosis.

2007-05-09 02:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by Dulce D 2 · 0 0

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