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Definition of Micropylar

Micropylar
Micropyle Mi"cro*pyle, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? gate, orifice: cf. F. micropyle.] (Biol.) (a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted. (b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- Mi*crop"y*lar, a.

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- three remaining nuclei on the micropylar end and three remaining nuclei on the antipodal end. The nuclei on the micropylar end is composed of an egg cell...
- at night and is attracted to light. The egg is whitish, without gloss, micropylar rosette 11- to 12-leaved, the sides with regular polygonal reticulation...
- November [1]. The egg is olive-green with a ring of pale specks round the micropylar end; laid in a cluster on a twig, hibernating.The caterpillar is hairless...
- pole becomes the main area of growth of the embryo, while the lower or micropylar pole produces the stalk-like suspensor that attaches to the micropyle...
- be seen through the clear egg membranes, as well as the small ring of micropylar processes on each egg. The second egg from the bottom right is unfertilized...
- Wang, Xin (January 2016). "An enigmatic Ephedra -like fossil lacking micropylar tube from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China". Palaeoworld...
- green-yellow or white. The seeds are compressed, broadly ovoid, with a tufted micropylar coma of long silky hair. Pollination is performed by bees (entomophily)...
- They also contain a ring of small protuberances near the cap called micropylar processes. They permit the p****age of sperm into the egg for fertilization...
- the stick insect are spheric, ca. 5 mm in length and have a three-lobed micropylar plate. The chorion of the eggs are hard to cut and consist of the three...