attraction sphere

British

noun

another name for astrosphere

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This indifferent nuclear or cytoplasmic position for the centrosome is paralleled by the attraction sphere or homologue of the centrosome in many Protozoa.

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Note that the process begins with the division of the attraction sphere, then involves the nucleus, and finally separates the main body.

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A fourth part of the cell is also described, being called the attraction sphere.

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