Biology
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ADAMTS1 Tissue Expression (VIA BGEE)
Anatomical entity Expression score FDR Link to source data UBERON:0002118 right ovary 99.33 <= 1.00e-14 See source data UBERON:0001303 left uterine tube 99.32 <= 1.00e-14 See source data UBERON:0004087 vena… Read more.
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Ecdysis: Nature’s Grand Wardrobe Change
Darling, buckle up your exoskeletons because we’re about to sashay into the most FABULOUS biological runway show ever – it’s ECDYSIS, honey! 💃🐛✨ Picture this: You’re a gorgeous little arthropod,… Read more.
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Egg Case (mermaid’s Purse)
An egg case or egg capsule, often colloquially called a mermaid’s purse, is the casing that surrounds the eggs of oviparous chondrichthyans. Living chondricthyans that produce egg cases include some sharks, skates and chimaeras. Egg cases typically contain one embryo, except for big… Read more.
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Magical Mantis Mojo
Hold onto your ootheca, folks, because we’re about to dive deep into the wild world of Sang Piao Xiao! 🐛🥚🔬 Imagine you’re an ancient Chinese healer, strolling through a mulberry… Read more.
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Ootheca
Buckle up, bug lovers, because we’re about to embark on a wild ride through the wacky world of oothecae! 🐛🥚🎢 Picture this: You’re a lady mantis, feeling frisky after a… Read more.
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ASCUS (Formerly Theca)
This article is about the spore-bearing cell in fungi. For Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS), see Bethesda system. For the Greek mythological giant, see Ascus (mythology). (pl. asci) a cell present in the fruiting body of ASCOMYCETE fungi in which the fusion of HAPLOID nuclei occurs during sexual reproduction. This is normally followed by MEIOSIS, giving rise to four haploid cells, after which MITOSIS produces eight ASCOSPORES. The precise arrangement of ascospores within the ascus enables the events at meiosis to be fully analysed (see TETRAD ANALYSIS). The asci are usually enclosed within an aggregation of hyphae termed an ASCOCARP, a number of different types being recognized, e.g. perithecium, cleistothecium, apothecium. (Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005) An ascus (from Ancient… Read more.
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Theca
In biology, a theca (pl.: thecae) is a sheath or a covering. Botany The typical anther is bilocular, i.e. it consists of two thecae. Each theca contains two microsporangia, also known as pollen sacs.… Read more.
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Xylotheque
A xylotheque or xylothek (from the Greek xylon for “wood” and theque meaning “repository”) is special form of herbarium that consists of a collection of authenticated wood specimens.[1] It is also known as a xylarium (from the Greek xylon for “wood” and Latin arium meaning “separate place”).… Read more.
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Freemartin
A freemartin or free-martin (sometimes martin heifer) is an infertile female cattle with masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries.[1] Phenotypically, the animal appears female, but various aspects of female reproductive development are altered due to acquisition of anti-Müllerian hormone from the male twin.[2] Genetically, the animal is chimeric: karyotypy of… Read more.
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Embryonic Intrigue That’ll Make Your Buccopharyngeal Membrane Quiver with Excitement
Picture, if you will, the humble beginnings of life, where a thin membrane known as the buccopharyngeal membrane (or oropharyngeal membrane for those who like their words extra fancy) plays… Read more.
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