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Vitellogenesis is the
process of yolk
protein formation in the
oocytes during ****ual maturation. The term
vitellogenesis comes from the
Latin vitellus...
- pre-deposited in the egg by the
reproductive system of the
mother (the
vitellogenesis).
Offspring that
depend on yolk in this
manner are said to be lecithotrophic...
- intrauterine-cannibalism:
stronger pups
consume their weaker womb-mates.
Vitellogenesis Barnes,
Richard Stephen Kent (2001). The Invertebrates: A Synthesis...
- "AaSvp, a
mosquito homolog of COUP-TF is
involved in
termination of
vitellogenesis by
repressing the 20-hydroecdysone response".
Journal of
Insect Science...
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variety of
other roles, such as:
endocrine regulation,
systemic immunity,
vitellogenesis, and main site of
production of
antimicrobial molecules called antimicrobial...
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having already ac****ulated the
necessary materials for
oogenesis and
vitellogenesis. The
larvae of one
jungle variety,
Toxorhynchites splendens, consume...
- life
Latin vita vital, vitality,
vitamin vitell- yolk
Latin vitellus vitellogenesis viti-
fault Latin vitium vice, vitiate, vicious,
vituperate vitr- gl****...
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requiring a year for
gestation and
another year for
oogenesis and
vitellogenesis after parturition.
Lemon sharks reach ****ual
maturity around 12–16 years...
- sharks, in
which vitellogenesis (yolk formation)
occurs concurrently with pregnancy, in the angelshark, the
onset of
vitellogenesis is dela****
until halfway...
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adult females 120–231 cm (47–91 in) in snout-to-vent
length (SVL).
Vitellogenesis in E.
deschauenseei probably occurs from
autumn to
spring (May to December)...
