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Definition of Macronuclear
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macronuclear
Literary usage of Macronuclear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1904)
"gamete are among the macronuclear segments in the dorsal region. The macronuclear
material is more granular in this stage than in the preceding stages. ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"Secondary peristomal band beginning to turn toward the left; macronuclear masses
approaching division; micronucleus divided, one near the oral end of each ..."
3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1894)
"The black circles represent micro or germ nuclei, the blank circles the polar
nuclei, the shaded parts the macronuclear elements. ..."
4. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"... which etymologically would seem to imply fusion of gametes in a strictly
internal process, Woodruff and Erdmann believed that the macronuclear ..."
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