blastophore
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blastophore
[′blas·tə‚fȯr] (cell and molecular biology)
The cytoplasm that is detached from a spermatid during its transformation to a spermatozoon.
(invertebrate zoology)
An amorphose core of cytoplasm connecting cells of the male morula of developing germ cells in oligochaetes.
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