vitellogenin

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noun

An egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species.

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Meanings

nounvitellogenin (countable and uncountable, plural vitellogenins)

plural vitellogenins

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAn egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species.
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