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3 words match “HOLOBLASTIC”

HOLOBLASTIC a.
Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
MEROBLASTIC a.
ich a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.
SEGMENTATION n.
nterfered with by the presence of food yolk, from which results unequal segmentation. See Holoblastic, Meroblastic, Alecithal, Centrolecithal, Ectolecithal, and Ovum. -- Segmentation sphere (Biol.), the blastosphere, or morula. See Morula.