vitelline in English

adjective
1
of or relating to the yolk (or yolk sac) of an egg or embryo, or to yolk-producing organs.
At the second stage, when the sperm cell reaches the vitelline envelope, other recognition molecules allow bindin of the correct species to attach the sperm tightly to the egg.

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1. Examples: The vitelline duct lies Caudally to …

2. Fish Chorions or vitelline envelopes are largely an extracellular matrix material composed of secreted glycoproteins 4-5 and apparently are not particularly hydrophobic

3. La deuxième transition coïncide avec l'éclosion, alors que l'embryon devient Alevin, doté d'une vésicule vitelline

4. ‘Endemic subspecies include Caribbean elaenia, Bananaquit, loggerhead kingbird, thick-billed vireo, and vitelline warbler (confined to the Cayman and Swan Islands).’ ‘Around me was the tiny hoot of ground doves and the twittering of Bananaquits.’

5. The occasional position alterations of the vitelline vein, which in extreme cases can lead to inversion of the position, are especially remarkable and are without parallel in the evolution of the heart and the intestine.

6. ‘Endemic subspecies include Caribbean elaenia, Bananaquit, loggerhead kingbird, thick-billed vireo, and vitelline warbler (confined to the Cayman and Swan Islands).’ ‘Around me was the tiny hoot of ground doves and the twittering of Bananaquits.’

7. The Chalazae are a pair of spring-like structures that project from the equatorial region of the vitelline membrane into the albumen and are considered to act as balancers, maintaining the yolk in a steady position in the laid egg.

8. ‘A needle was used to roll the embryo out of the Chorion.’ ‘Care was exercised not to separate the amniotic sac into its components, the Chorion and amnion.’ ‘Each embryo is surrounded, from exterior to interior, by the Chorion, the vitelline membrane and the embryonic membrane.’

9. The Chalazae are a pair of spring-like structures that project from the equatorial region of the vitelline membrane into the albumen and are considered to act as balancers, maintaining the yolk in a steady position in the laid egg.