SEGMENTATION OF THE OVUM

Definition: SEGMENTATION OF THE OVUM

SEGMENTATION OF THE OVUM

1. The process by which the embryos of all the higher plants and animals are derived from the germ cell. In the simplest case, that of small ova destitute of food yolk, the ovum or egg divides into two similar halves or segments (blastomeres), each of these again divides into two, and so on, thus giving rise to a mass of cells (mulberry mass, or morula), all equal and similar, from the growth and development of which the future animal is to be formed. This constitutes regular segmentation. Quite frequently, however, the equality and regularity of cleavage is interfered with by the presence of food yolk, from which results unequal segmentation. See Holoblastic , Meroblastic , Alecithal , Centrolecithal , Ectolecithal , and Ovum .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: SEGMENTATION OF THE OVUM

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