Merogony

Merogony

Merogony is a biological term with two distinct meanings:

  • Protozoal merogony is an asexual replication process used by some protozoan parasites that increases the number of infective cells by multiple cell divisions.
  • Merogony (ovum) may also refer to embryonic development that occurs in a fragment of an ovum.

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  • merogony — merogony. См. мерогенез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • merogony — merogonic /mer euh gon ik/, merogonous, adj. /meuh rog euh nee/, n. Embryol. the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus. [1899; MERO + GONY] * * * …   Universalium

  • merogony — noun a) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its hosts cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony. b) The development of part of an ovum after damage. See Also: merogonic …   Wiktionary

  • merogony — 1. The incomplete development of an ovum that has been disorganized. 2. A form of asexual schizogony, typical of sporozoan protozoa, in which the nucleus divides several times before the cytoplasm divides; the schizont divides to form merozoites… …   Medical dictionary

  • merogony — n. development of an embryo from egg fragments (Embryology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • merogony — me·rog·o·ny …   English syllables

  • merogony — /məˈrɒgəni/ (say muh roguhnee) noun the development of egg fragments. {Greek mero(s) part + gony} …  

  • merogony — məˈrägənē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + gony; originally formed as French mérogonie : development of an embryo by a process that is genetically equivalent to male parthenogenesis and that involves… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Protozoal merogony — Merogony (also known as schizogony) is an asexual reproductive process of protozoa. [ [http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary 1861702199/schizogony.html schizogony definition Dictionary MSN Encarta ] ] A trophozoite increases in size while its nucleus …   Wikipedia

  • hybrid merogony — hybrid merogony. См. гибридная мерогония. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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