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Search Results for: meroblastic cleavage

Meroblastic cleavage

Definition noun (embryology) The incomplete cleavage in telolecithal or megalecithal eggs of animals, such as birds and... Read More

Embryology

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

Embryo

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

Holoblastic cleavage

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

Discoidal cleavage

Definition noun (embryology)A meroblastic cleavage wherein the cytoplasmic divisions are restricted to the animal pole,... Read More

Superficial cleavage

Definition noun (embryology) A meroblastic cleavage wherein mitosis occurs without cytokinesis, resulting in many nuclei,... Read More

Discoblastula

Discoblastula a blastula of the type produced by the meroblastic discoidal cleavage of a large-yolked... Read More