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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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Kkairomone n. [Gr. kairos, fit; hormaein, to exite] A chemicalsubstance, produced or acquired by an organism, that uponcontact with an individual <strong>of</strong> another species evokes a behaviorialor physiological reaction favorable to the receiverand not to the emitter. see allelochemic.kalymma n. [Gr. kalymma, hood] Matrix material which isthought by some authors to surround the components <strong>of</strong>chromosomes.karyochylema see nucleoplasmkaryoclastic a. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; klastos, broken inpieces] Agents that inhibit mitosis without killing the cell.karyogamy n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; gamos, marriage] Theunion <strong>of</strong> male and female nuclei during the process <strong>of</strong> syngamy.karyokinesis n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; kinesis, movement] Nucleardivision as opposed to cytokinesis.karyolymph see nucleoplasmkaryolysis n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; lysis, a loosing] Disappearance<strong>of</strong> the interphase nucleus at the beginning <strong>of</strong> karyokinesis;dissolution <strong>of</strong> the nucleus.karyomere n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; meros, part] Any <strong>of</strong> a series<strong>of</strong> micronuclei formed in cells in which the chromosomesdiverge at anaphase.karyon n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus] The cell nucleus.karyoplasm n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; plasma, formed ormolded] The protoplasm <strong>of</strong> the nucleus; nucleoplasm.karyorhexis n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; rhexis, rupture] Nucleardegeneration by nuclear fragmentation.karyosome n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; soma, body] Irregularclump <strong>of</strong> chromatin dispersed in the chromatin cell network.karyotheca n. [Gr. karyon, nucleus; theke, a box] Nuclear

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