Medical Definition of Vitelline layer of egg
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The membrane, usually of protein fibres, immediately outside the plasmalemma of the ovum and the earlier stages of the developing embryo. Its structure and composition vary in differing animal groups.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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