Question: what is the difference between an ootid and polar bodies?
Answer: The secondary oocyte is the cell that is formed by meiosis I in oogenesis. ... The secondary oocyte continues the second stage of meiosis (meiosis II), and the daughter cells are one ootid and one polar body. Secondary oocytes are the immature ovum shortly after ovulation, to fertilization, where it turns into an ootid.