Übersetzung für 'shell gland' von Englisch nach Deutsch

shell gland

Schalendrüse {f}zool.

• The initial differentiation of biomineralising cells is likely to include a localised thickening of the dorsal ectoderm followed by an invagination of cells to form the shell gland.
• "-DDE inhibits calcium ATPase in the membrane of the shell gland and reduces the transport of calcium carbonate from blood into the eggshell gland.
• In the shell gland (similar to a mammalian uterus), mineralization starts at the mammillae.
• It is essentially identical with the shell gland of birds and reptiles, with which the uterus is homologous.
• These may include inactive ovaries and shrunken oviducts, swelling and white exudate in the shell gland.

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• Mehlis gland ('mā-lis-) also called Shell gland, is primarily present surrounding the ootype of Platyhelminthes, and it is a part of the female reproductive organ of Platyhelminthes.