obophenotype
merge egg (cell) and female gamete
As far as I can tell, these are equivalent. Can anyone suggest a reason not to
merge these two term?
Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 31 Oct 2013 at 3:27
'egg cell' has a more highly specified definition than 'female gamete'. 'female gamete': "A mature sexual reproductive cell of the female germline." 'egg cell': "A female gamete where meiosis has progressed to metaphase II and is able to participate in fertilization."
I favor leaving things as is and closing this issue. @dosumis?
Notes:
For 'egg cell', CL currently has "mature oocyte" and "ovum" as exact synonyms and text definition "A female gamete where meiosis has progressed to metaphase II and is able to participate in fertilization."
'female gamete' has text definition "A mature sexual reproductive cell of the female germline." with no synonyms.
Depending on the meaning of the word "mature", these terms may or may not refer to the same cell type.
There also seems to be overlap with 'secondary oocyte', which has text definition: "... an oocyte that has not completed meiosis II". This text definition is also not ideal since it uses negation in the definition. Adding descriptions of ploidy in the definitions may help.
A straightforward diagram of oogenesis from https://bio.libretexts.org:
