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alloplasm

alloplasm noun: cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.

Noun

alloplasm (countable and uncountable, plural alloplasms)

  1. Cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.
    • In Brassica, cytoplasmic male sterility has been reported in three alloplasms: (1) Raphanus cytoplasm combined with nuclear genomes of B. oleracea, B. napus (Bannerot et al. 1974; Roussetle and Renard 1978), and B. campestris (Williams and Heyn 1981) […]1990 February, S. Prakash, “Male sterility caused by cytoplasm of Brassica oxyrrhina in B. campestris and B. juncea”, in Theoretical and Applied Genetics, volume 79, number 2, page 285

alloplasm meaning in Tamil

alloplasm in Tamil

அன்னியமுதலுரு

Forms of alloplasm

pluralalloplasms

Origin of alloplasm

From allo- + plasm.

Words formed from alloplasm

Questions about alloplasm

What does alloplasm mean?
Alloplasm means cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.
What is alloplasm in Tamil?
Alloplasm in Tamil is அன்னியமுதலுரு. See Alloplasm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alloplasm?
Alloplasm is a noun.
What is the plural of alloplasm?
The plural of alloplasm is alloplasms.

Words near alloplasm in the dictionary

  1. allophyle
  2. allophyles
  3. Allophylian
  4. allophylic
  5. alloplasia
  6. alloplasm
  7. alloplasmatic
  8. alloplasmic
  9. alloplasms
  10. alloplast
  11. alloplastic

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