cytoplasmic determinant
nounDefinitions
A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells…
A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.
- Consequently, in order to learn of a cytoplasmic determinant serving a specific hereditary function, one must detect it in a mutated form.
- A cytoplasmic determinant for dorsal axis formation in an early embryo of Xenopus laevis.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cytoplasmic determinant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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