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Meaning of alloplasm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“In Brassica, cytoplasmic male sterility has been reported in three alloplasms: (1) Raphanus cytoplasm combined with nuclear genomes of B. oleracea, B. napus (Bannerot et al. 1974; Roussetle and Renard 1978), and B. campestris (Williams and Heyn 1981) […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

alloplast alloplastic alloplasticity alloplasty alloploid alloploidization