Blastophore

Quick meaning: Blastophore is a noun meaning (biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

Meaning

(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

Example Sentences

The cytophore now splits internally in such a way as to separate an inner sphere (blastophore) from an outer envelope.

It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."

Associted with the formation of the male sex cells from the time they leave the testes until the spermatozoön becomes fully grown there is a protoplasmic structure, termed the blastophore (Bloomfield, '80, Calkins, '95) in Lumbricus, and the cytophore (Voigt, '85) in Branchiobdella varians.

Word Forms

• blastophores

Synonyms for blastophore

Depending on context, synonyms include vitellus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spermatospore, spermatophore, spermospore, spermatiophore, spermoblast, spermophore.

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