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vitellogen

vitellogen is the alternative form of vitellogenin.

Meaning of vitellogenin

Noun

vitellogenin (countable and uncountable, plural vitellogenins)

  1. An egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species.

Forms of vitellogen

pluralvitellogens

Questions about vitellogen

What is vitellogen the alternative form of?
Vitellogen is the alternative form of vitellogenin.

Words near vitellogen in the dictionary

  1. Vitellis
  2. Vitello
  3. vitello-
  4. vitellocyte
  5. vitellocytes
  6. vitellogen
  7. vitellogene
  8. vitellogenes
  9. vitellogenesis
  10. vitellogenetic
  11. vitellogenic

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