- mesolecithal egg
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Eggs with moderate yolk content; see centrolecithal egg.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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centrolecithal egg — (ARTHROPODA) A type of arthropod egg in which the nucleus is located centrally in a small amount of nonyolky cytoplasm surrounded by a large mass of yolk until fertilized; when nuclear divisions begin the nuclei migrate to the periphery to… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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