autogamy — A form of self fertilization in which fission of the cell nucleus occurs without division of the cell, the two pronuclei so formed reuniting to form the synkaryon; in other cases, the cell body also divides, but the two … Medical dictionary
Crozier (mycology) — Christian crosier (1260 1286) of the form that is the name sake of the fungal structure. A crozier is an anatomical feature of many fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that form at the base of asci and look like hook topped shepherd’s staffs or… … Wikipedia
autogamy — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1877 self fertilization: as a. pollination of a flower by its own pollen b. conjugation of two sister cells or sister nuclei of protozoans or fungi • autogamous adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
Mitosis — Not to be confused with meiosis, miosis, or myositis. Mitosis divides the chromosomes … Wikipedia
Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce — The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce, known by its Portuguese acronym as OSID, is a private non profit philanthropic organization, established on May 26, 1959 by Brazilian Catholic nun Sister Dulce. It consists of 14 nuclei, 13 of them … Wikipedia
List of O-Parts Hunter characters — This is a list of characters in the manga series O Parts Hunter. Contents 1 Crew of the Orphan 1.1 Jio Freed 1.1.1 Backstory 1.2 Ruby Crescent … Wikipedia
Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) … Wikipedia
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
Linus Pauling — Infobox Scientist name = Linus Pauling caption = Linus Pauling in 1954 birth date = birth date|1901|2|28|df=y birth place = Portland, Oregon, USA residence = United States nationality = United States death date = death date and… … Wikipedia
stain — 1. To discolor. 2. To color; to dye. 3. A discoloration. 4. A dye used in histologic and bacteriologic technique. 5. A procedure in which a dye or combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues. For… … Medical dictionary