A greek word - from khalaze - meaning "hailstone". It is composed of one or two spiral bands of tissue that suspends the yolk in the center of the white. The longer the Egg has multiple meanings. The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. These are a part of the female reproductive cycle. The term is also used for the ovum of animals together with its various protective layers and nutrients for the developing embryo...
egg ages, the more the tissue eventually breaks down. This is why older Egg has multiple meanings. The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. These are a part of the female reproductive cycle. The term is also used for the ovum of animals together with its various protective layers and nutrients for the developing embryo...
eggs have a runny yolk or less pronounced yolk.
The chalaza is the point of the ovule at which the base of the nucleus is confluent with the coats.
orthotropous or straight, when the chalaza coincides with the base (36) of the ovule, and the foramen is at the opposite extremity, the axis of the ovule being straight.
In this, one of the more frequent forms of the ovule, the chalaza is connected with the base by a cord, called rhaphe, adhering to one side of the ovule, and becoming more or less incorporated with its coats, as the ovule enlarges into a seed.
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