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cytoplasmic determinant

cytoplasmic determinant noun: a substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.

Noun

cytoplasmic determinant (plural cytoplasmic determinants)

  1. 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.1965, Arnold Warren Ravin, The Evolution of Genetics
    • A cytoplasmic determinant for dorsal axis formation in an early embryo of Xenopus laevis.2000, David G. Drubin, Cell Polarity

Forms of cytoplasmic determinant

pluralcytoplasmic determinants

Questions about cytoplasmic determinant

What does cytoplasmic determinant mean?
Cytoplasmic determinant means a substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.
What part of speech is cytoplasmic determinant?
Cytoplasmic determinant is a noun.
What is the plural of cytoplasmic determinant?
The plural of cytoplasmic determinant is cytoplasmic determinants.

Words near cytoplasmic determinant in the dictionary

  1. cytopipettes
  2. cytoplasm
  3. cytoplasmatic
  4. cytoplasmatically
  5. cytoplasmic
  6. cytoplasmic determinant
  7. cytoplasmic determinants
  8. cytoplasmic membrane
  9. cytoplasmic membranes
  10. cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus
  11. cytoplasmic polyhedrosis viruses

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