Embryonization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Embryonization is a noun meaning (biology) Modification to an embryonic form.
Meaning
(biology) Modification to an embryonic form.
Example Sentences
Matsuda (1987, p. 28) reviewed the reallocation processes within organisms associated with a life-history specialization called “embryonization” (growth of larvae within eggs), representing an evolutionary change from production of many small to fewer large eggs. In Hydra, embryonization leads to the production of a single large egg via adsorption of neighboring oocytes.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include embryonation, embryony, embryogeny, embryogony, embryogenesis, cytomorphosis.
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