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Blastomere

One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.

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A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Cilium noun · 86% connection

a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms

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Flagellated cell noun · 86% connection

any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum

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Plasmodium noun · 86% connection

multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

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Recombinant noun · 86% connection

a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred

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Monad noun · 85% connection

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Amphidiploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Carrier noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…

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Cross noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Crossbreed noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Diploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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Haploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Heteroploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

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Aggression noun · 78% connection

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

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Annelida n. pl. · 78% connection

A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal su…

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Articulate adjective · 78% connection

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

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Begin verb · 78% connection

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or cours…

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Blastide noun · 78% connection

A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.

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Blastoderm noun · 78% connection

The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed.

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Blastosphere noun · 78% connection

The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

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Blastula noun · 78% connection

That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.

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Centrolecithal adjective · 78% connection

Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.

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Corpus luteum noun · 78% connection

yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days u…

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Delamination noun · 78% connection

Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentia…

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Desegmentation noun · 78% connection

The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

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