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Definition of Micropyles
1. micropyle [n] - See also: micropyle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Micropyles
Literary usage of Micropyles
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 (1889)
"The micropyles of Periplaneta, first described by ... Sometimes the micropyles
are very close together and seem to overlap. I have repeatedly sought in vain ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The pollen- tabes creep along the inner wall of the ovary to the places where
the ovules are borne and then turn up and enter the micropyles, ..."
3. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"Hence a line, the hypothetical path of the spermatozoon, drawn through one of
these oblique micropyles, and continued into the egg, would strike the ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"He believed that the spermatozoa were thus specially adapted for the purpose of
finding their way into the micropyles of the eggs. Such an explanation could ..."
5. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"... is requisite to fertilize an ovule) enter to fertilize the egg-contents.
In some cases these micropyles are scattered over the whole surface of the egg. ..."
6. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"micropyles have two functions, either (i) to assist in the nutrition of the ...
micropyles of the first class are developed at the point of attachment of ..."
7. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"In some cases these micropyles are scattered over the whole surface of the egg.
Fig. 56 a represents the micropyles of Nepa cinerea, ..."
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