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Meaning of cytoplasmic determinant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.

Examples

“Consequently, in order to learn of a cytoplasmic determinant serving a specific hereditary function, one must detect it in a mutated form.”
“A cytoplasmic determinant for dorsal axis formation in an early embryo of Xenopus laevis.”

CEFR level

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

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