blastophore
blastophore noun: that portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
Noun
blastophore (plural blastophores)
- That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
- It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."1880, Journal of Microscopy, volume 3
- Associted with the formation of the male sex cells from the time they leave the testes until the spermatozoön becomes fully grown there is a protoplasmic structure, termed the blastophore (Bloomfield, '80, Calkins, '95) in Lumbricus, and the cytophore (Voigt, '85) in Branchiobdella varians.1906, W. M. Smallwood, “Notes on Branchiobdella”, in The Biological Bulletin, page 106
- Synonyms:
- vitellus
Synonyms of blastophore
Forms of blastophore
| plural | blastophores |
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Origin of blastophore
From blasto- + -phore.
Words formed from blastophore
Questions about blastophore
- What does blastophore mean?
- Blastophore means that portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
- What part of speech is blastophore?
- Blastophore is a noun.
- What is the plural of blastophore?
- The plural of blastophore is blastophores.
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