| Name: | immature gonad |
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| Synonyms: | juvenile gonad, juvenile ovary |
| Definition: | Immature reproductive tissue that has not undergone final maturation into either testis or ovary. During gonadal development, the gonad may be transiently intersexual where there is a parallel presence of both oocytes and spermatocytes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005272] |
| Name: | germ cell development |
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| Synonyms: | germ-cell development, primordial germ cell development |
| Definition: | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an immature germ cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure (gamete). A germ cell is any reproductive cell in a multicellular organism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007281] QuickGO AmiGO |