yolk syncytium

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NAME:

  yolk syncytium

DEFINITON:

  Fused yolk cells surrounding blastomeres undergoing dispersed cleavage during Stages 1 and 2.

TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:

  PMID:15599763

TERM CITATIONS:

TERM ID:

  PLANA:0000092

ABOUT THIS TERM:

yolk syncytium

  ↳is a material entity and syncytium

  ↳existence ends during or before Stage 2

  ↳existence overlaps Stage 2 and Stage 1

  ↳existence starts during or after Stage 1

  ↳produced by yolk cell

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