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Definition of Ectomeres
1. ectomere [n] - See also: ectomere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectomeres
Literary usage of Ectomeres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"HISTORY OF THE FIRST QUARTETTE OF ectomeres. DIAGRAMS 6-11. Owing to the presence
of certain peculiar landmarks, I have been able to follow the cell lineage ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"Another 85-cell stage, consisting of 72 ectomeres, ... The ectomeres are very
numerous and are somewhat depressed below the general level in the region ..."
3. The Early Development of Planorbis by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1900)
"The cases in which more than three quartettes of ectomeres are said to be formed
I think we must regard, with Conklin, as open to serious question. ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"The third cleavage consists in the giving off of the first quartette of
micromeres (ectomeres) at the animal pole. A spiral dextro- tropic shifting of the ..."
5. Arenicola: The Lug-worm by James Hartley Ashworth (1904)
"The first four ectomeres (la, Ib, Ic, Id) have been cut off from the lower cells.
x 210. ... Each of the first ectomeres has divided into two and the second ..."
6. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1904)
"Kach of the first ectomeres has divided into two and the second quartette ...
The four quartettes have been formed, the first three of which are ectomeres. ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"This secondary mesoblast was found to arise asymmetrically from a cell of the
second generation of ectomeres on the left side of the egg. ..."
8. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1893)
"... enl., by ectomeres, fcf., «rept at one spot—tlie blastopore. ft. More advanced
stage, in which ... and ectomeres, the former completely enclosed, c. ..."
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