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Definition of Karyogamy

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Medical Definition of Karyogamy

1. The fusion of two nuclei. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karyogamy

Literary usage of Karyogamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Elementary Principles of General Biology by James Francis Abbott (1914)
"some interaction between the cytoplasm of two fusing individuals, even if the nuclei remain individually distinct. Nuclear Conjugation (karyogamy). ..."

2. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"Conjugation processes have not yet been observed for all groups of the Protozoa, but it is probable they will eventually be found in them all. karyogamy is ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... be reduced by one half, that this would be followed by the formation of gametes, and that the nuclei of Che tatter would subsequently fuse in karyogamy. ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1892)
"A step in advance, involving karyogamy, is isogamy, plural and binary. In rejuvenescence the karyogamy is due to the fact that the zygote nucleus and ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"... the fusion of cytoplasts into a plasmodium, the nuclei B. karyogamy : the union of cells (gametes), cytoplast to cytoplast and remaining free ..."

6. The Evolution Theory by August Weismann (1904)
"... without karyogamy (certain Foraminifera), we have a further proof that these processes of plasmic fusion imply direct advantage, which is distinct from ..."

7. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"Although fusion of the nuclei (karyogamy) of the two gametes appears now to he the most important feature of conjugation, we must suppose that it was ..."

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