Meroblastic cleavage

Meroblastic cleavage

Incomplete cleavage of the zygote, restricted to the blastodisc, the non-yolky cytoplasm at one end of the egg; typical of teloblastic eggs.

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meroblastic cleavage

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Incomplete cleavage of the zygote, restricted to the blastodisc, the non-yolky cytoplasm at one end of the egg; typical of teloblastic eggs.

meroblastic cleavage

Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

Incomplete cleavage, characteristic of zygotes with large accumulations of yolk.

cleavage

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The early mitotic cellular divisions of the fertilized egg (zygote).

cleavage

Engineering; Electronic engineering

In a crystalline substance, the quality of splitting along definite planes. Also, a fragment resulting from such a cleft.

cleavage

Jewelry; General jewelry

The breaking of stones along lines of weakness related to the stones internal atomic structure.

cleavage

Natural environment; Volcano

The breaking of a mineral along crystallographic planes, that reflects a crystal structure.

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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