Egg cleavage

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(Biol.)

a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See Segmentation of the ovum, under Segmentation.

- Ogilvie.

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6, 16, and 20), or intrafollicular embryos, usually appeared to be surrounded by numerous spermatozoa in the hermaphrodilic follicles during egg cleavage (Figs.

Histological studies on hermaphroditism, gametogenesis and cyclic ... by Chung, EE-Yung / Journal of Shellfish Research

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