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/ˈænəsteɪt/ · noun
(biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm..
if the reproductive elements start with a specific protoplasm continuous with that of the combined mother ovum and fertilizing sperm — that is , with a concentrated accumulation of characteristic anastates and katastates[…]
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Anastate means (biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm..
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if the reproductive elements start with a specific protoplasm continuous with that of the combined mother ovum and fertilizing sperm — that is , with a concentrated accumulation of characteristic anastates and katastates[…]
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