monaster
The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.
Noun
- The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.
- After the encounter of the two pronuclei, one quadrant of the former positive cross of the monaster is missing on the side of the egg pronucleus. - 1951 November, Shinya Inoué, Katsuma Dan, “Birefringence of the...
- One finds the longest chromosomes in the vascular epithelial cells if the monaster is well developed (Fig. 24), whilst shortly beforehand (Fig. 15) the chromosomes are still rather short. - 2007, Leon P. Bignold, Brian...
- At the same time the middle piece breaks down and releases the centriole, around which egg cytoplasm forms the sperm monaster. - 2012, Gerhard Czihak, The Sea Urchin Embryo: Biochemistry and Morphogenesis, →ISBN, page...
Origin
From mon- + aster.