zygotelike

comparative more zygotelike · superlative most zygotelike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a zygote.

   Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex.

   1989 January 3, W M Bement, D G Capco, “Activators of protein kinase C trigger cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, and cleavage furrow formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.”, in Journal of Cell Biology