pronucleus in English
noun
1
either of a pair of gametic nuclei, in the stage following meiosis but before their fusion leads to the formation of the nucleus of the zygote.
In normal fertilisation the formation of male and female pronuclei is an important stage just before the maternal and paternal chromosomes start to pair up in preparation for the first cell division.
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1. (B) Annulate lamellae in the cytoplasm near the pronucleus (pn) of a zygote that failed to divide within 40 h after insemination