VITELLINE MEMBRANE


Meaning of VITELLINE MEMBRANE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1845

: a membrane enclosing an egg that comprises the zona pellucida in mammals and that upon fertilization splits off from the surface of the egg forming a fertilization membrane in many invertebrates and amphibians and in some fish

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