germinal vesicle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of germinal vesicle
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The subsequent behavior of the pollen cell, its division and its fertilization of the germinal vesicle or oosphere, leave no doubt as to its analogy with the microspore of vascular cryptogams.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
This embryo is the product of fertilization of a germinal vesicle by a pollen tube.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
The protoplasm of the ovum, except at that part of the surface where the germinal vesicle lies, is packed with a great amount of food material, the yolk granules.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
This germinal vesicle divides, and one moiety is budded off from the ovum.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
They are nucleated cells, the nucleus going by the special name of the germinal vesicle and the nucleolus the germinal spot.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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