Zoological terms

Zoological terms

Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.

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Basal lamina

Zoology; Zoological terms

Basal plate of developing neural tube; the noncellular, collagenous layer that separates an epithelium from an underlying layer of tissue; also basal membrane.

Aulotomy

Zoology; Zoological terms

Capacity of separating a limb; followed by regeneration; used also for asexual reproduction; see also fissipary (in echinodermata and platyhelminthes).

Amixia

Zoology; Zoological terms

A restriction that prevents general intercrossing in a species leading to inbreeding

(Gk. zygotos, paired together) The diploid cell that results from the fission of an egg and a sperm cell (fertilization). A zygote may either form a line of diploid cells by a series of mitotic cell ...

Phylum placozoa macroscopic

Zoology; Zoological terms

Flattened marine animals, composed of ventral and dorsal epithelial layers enclosing loose mesenchyme-like cells.

A tube

Zoology; Zoological terms

Within-a tube body plan , away from enclosure of the tube in solid tissues toward suspension of the tube in a fluid-filled, tissue lined space called coelom .