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Does the first polar body born out of first meiotic division divide further or degenerate?

The first polar body born out of the first meiotic division does not divide but degenerates further. The reason for this degeneration is the unequal division of cytoplasm. All the cytoplasm is contained in the secondary oocyte.........
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Polar bodies typically form by asymmetric cytokinesis: cytosol and organelles are shunted into the secondary oocyte during meiosis I, and then into the egg in meiosis II. This leaves the ovum’s sister and aunt (or cousins, if the first polar body also undergoes meiosis II) with relatively little cytoplasm and so in most organisms, these polar bodies simply degenerate. 
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Ncert does not mention it that what happens to the polar body...but it degenerate....
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