Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to the pronephros or head-kidney.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pronephros.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
pronephros
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Examples
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O. Mangold was able to show that mesodermal organs such as notochord, somites and pronephric ducts could arise from presumptive ectoderm by suitable transplantation at the beginning of gastrulation.
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It depends on the region, so that in an anterior area, brain with optic and aural vesicles is induced, while further back, notochord and pronephric ducts are induced, and further back still, little tails.
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Vertebrates as the pronephric duct, while the pores remained in
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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In the outer part of the intermediate cell-mass, immediately under the ectoderm, in the region from the fifth cervical to the third thoracic segments, a series of short evaginations from each segment grows dorsalward and extends caudalward, fusing successively from before backward to form the pronephric duct.
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A duct, which is often spoken of as the pronephric duct (p.d.), and which we have figured under that name, is always developed.
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Knockdown of Fgfr1 also results in shorter tethering cilia in the otic vesicle and shorter motile cilia in the pronephric ducts.
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Knockdown of Fgfr1 also results in shorter tethering cilia in the otic vesicle and shorter motile cilia in the pronephric ducts.
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In 24 hpf WT embryos, gadd45b expression was detected in cells of pronephric ducts and weakly in posterior paraxial mesoderm and minimally elsewhere (
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hernesheir commented on the word pronephric
See head-kidney.
June 14, 2011
madmouth commented on the word pronephric
and/or - a lesser-known specimen of the aspic phylum?
June 14, 2011
sionnach commented on the word pronephric
I'm sure Leopold Bloom would have loved this.
June 14, 2011
yarb commented on the word pronephric
Because he ate with relish the inner organs of annelid worms?
June 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word pronephric
What kind of relish goes with worms? Pickle? Corn?
June 14, 2011
yarb commented on the word pronephric
Picalilli.
June 14, 2011
yarb commented on the word pronephric
And give it someone you love in a cheap vase.
June 14, 2011
sionnach commented on the word pronephric
pickles de mini maïs (see saint pierre)
June 14, 2011
bilby commented on the word pronephric
Bloomsday's almost here!
June 15, 2011