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Search Results for: blastomeres

Embryo

An embryo refers to the early developmental stage of a multicellular organism that follows fertilization. This stage... Read More

Embryology

Embryology Definition Embryology is a branch of biology that deals with the topics concerning gamete formation... Read More

Determinate cleavage

Definition noun A type of cleavage on the basis of the potentiality of blastomeres in which the blastomeres (resulting from... Read More

Unequal cleavage

Definition noun A holoblastic cleavage producing blastomeres of unequal size. Supplement An example is the holoblastic... Read More

Indeterminate cleavage

Definition noun A type of cleavage on the basis of the potentiality of blastomeres in which the blastomeres (resulting... Read More

Cleavage

Definition noun (1) A division or separation of form. (2) (cell biology) The act or state of splitting or dividing of a... Read More

Mosaic egg

mosaic egg (Science: biology) at one time a distinction was drawn between those organisms in which the egg seemed to have a... Read More

Asexual reproduction

Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More

Segmentation

Definition noun, plural: segmentation (1) (embryology) Cleavage, i.e. the repeated division of a fertilized ovum forming... Read More

Pluripotent

Pluripotent Definition What is pluripotent? In biology, the term "pluripotent" means capable of developing into... Read More

Holoblastic cleavage

Definition noun (embryology) The complete division of an isolecithal or microlecithal egg into... Read More