spectrosomes

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A form of spectrosome — A spherical cytoskeletal organelle found in the germ cells of fruit flies

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of spectrosome

    Upon close inspection of these ovaries we detected abnormalities in GSC divisions, abnormal spectrosomes, and a delay in egg chamber growth (S1C–S1H Fig ).

    2016 January 26, “Zfrp8/PDCD2 Interacts with RpS2 Connecting Ribosome Maturation and Gene-Specific Translation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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