Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of lithocyte
For instance, a gravity-sensitive statocyst, consisting of statolith-containing lithocytes supported by four groups of ciliated cells (balancers), occurs in the sensory structure complex (“apical organ”) at the aboral pole of ctenophores [50 ].
2015 July 31, “Gene Expression Data from the Moon Jelly, Aurelia, Provide Insights into the Evolution of the Combinatorial Code Controlling Animal Sense Organ Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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