(n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
(n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
(n.) Anything resembling an egg in form.
(v. t.) To urge on; to instigate; to incite/
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report that sperm from psr males fertilizes eggs, but that the paternal chromosomes are subsequently condensed into a chromatin mass before the first mitotic division of the egg and do not participate in further divisions.
(2) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(3) Whether hen's egg yolk can be used as a sperm motility stimulant in the treatment of such conditions as asthenospermia and oligospermia is subjected for further study.
(4) Increasing concentrations of cholesterol monotonically increase the dipole potential of egg phosphatidylcholine monolayers, from 415 mV with no cholesterol to 493 mV with equimolar cholesterol.
(5) The percentage of eggs clamped at values more negative than -65 mV, which responded at insemination by developing an If, decreased and dropped to 0 at -80 mV.
(6) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(7) Saturated acyl residues predominated in lysolecithin and unsaturated ones in acids released by hydrolysis of egg lecithin.
(8) By 30 min after insemination, the surface of the egg is relatively smooth.
(9) With both approaches, carbohydrate and fat had little influence whereas egg albumin had a significant inhibitory effect on the absorption of nonheme iron.
(10) Larvae from fresh water eggs, cultured in fresh water and 'normal' laboratory cultures reached 50% infectivity in 3-5 days, losing potential infectivity in 11-15 days post-hatching.
(11) Plakoglobin is present in the fertilized egg, increases in abundance by neurula stage, then declines at the tailbud and tadpole stages.
(12) Fertilization of golden hamster eggs was blocked both in vitro and in vivo by antibodies produced in rabbits against specific hamster ovarian antigens (HOA).
(13) Multiple spawnings of individual females were also observed during the spawning period affecting the relative fecundity of the eggs.
(14) The faeces of forty-two were examined microscopically for nematode eggs.
(15) In Experiment 1 (summer), hens regained body weight more rapidly, returned to production faster, and had larger egg weights (Weeks 1 to 4) when fed the 16 or 13% CP molt diets than when fed the 10% CP molt diet.
(16) The time of sperm penetration in the mouse eggs, however, was delayed for one-half to one hour when ejaculated sperm were used.
(17) Polypeptides of egg-borne Sendai virus (egg Sendai), which is biologically active on the basis of criteria of the infectivity for L cells and of hemolytic and cell fusion activities, were compared by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with those of L cell-borne (L Sendai) and HeLa cell-borne Sendai (HeLa Sendai) viruses, which are judged biologically inactive by the above criteria.
(18) The pattern of day to day variability in egg counts from individuals can be characterized by the linear relationship between the logarithms of the variances and means.
(19) Rhabdomeres are substantially smaller and visual pigment is nearly eliminated when Drosophila are carotenoid-deprived from egg to adult.
(20) In conclusion, the main finding of the present investigation, based on the development of ME fragments comprising 40-50% of the total egg volume, is that ascidian embryos are capable of regulative development.
Obovate
Definition:
(a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) The numerous obovate phialoconidia were smooth and one-celled.
(2) Changes occurred in the concentrations and secretion patterns of P4 in the OBOV during and around the second trimester of gestation that were not reflected by P4 in the JV nor by LH and FSH in either vessel.
(3) Intensive sample collections (every 20 min for 6 h, short-term sampling windows) were performed from the jugular vein (JV) and the OBOV.
(4) There was no difference between the OBOV and JV for either LH or FSH, whereas the concentration of P4 in the OBOV was higher than in the JV for all periods.
(5) Samples were collected from the OBOV twice daily at 0600-0800 h (AM) and 1700-1900 h (PM).
(6) The profiles of the dependence of ATPase activity on KCl concentration were essentially the same for both phases, while bending of the time curve was scarecly observed obove pH 8 for Ca-2+-ATPase or at pH 6 for EDTA-ATPase.
(7) The average and baseline concentrations of P4 in the JV as well as luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the OBOV and JV remained constant from Day 70 to Day 210 of gestation.
(8) There was an increase in the average, but not the baseline, concentration of OBOV P4 from Period 2 to Period 3.
(9) Indwelling catheters were placed in the ovarian branch of the ovarian vein (OBOV) of 14 pregnant beef cows assigned to one of three periods of gestation: Period 1, catheterization on Days 70-100 (n = 5); Period 2, Days 120-150 (n = 5); and Period 3, Days 180-210 (n = 4).
(10) Average and baseline OBOV progesterone (P4) concentrations per 6-h window as well as the magnitude and amplitude of OBOV P4 pulses decreased from Period 1 to Period 2.