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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 785or cord; prominent cordlike masses.resting eggs (ROTIF: Monogononta) Fertilized mictic eggs <strong>of</strong>certain Ploima produced in response to environmental factorsor vitamin E; thick shelled eggs resistant to drying andother adverse environmental conditions, that always developinto amictic females.resting stage see growth stagerestitution n. [L. re, back; statuare, to put] Rejoining brokenchromosomes, thereby restoring prebreakage structure.restitution nucleus In either meiosis or mitosis, a nucleuswith double the normal number <strong>of</strong> chromosomes due tonon-disjunction.resupinate a. [L. resupinare, to bend back] Having the appearance<strong>of</strong> being inverted, reversed, or upside down.rete n. [L. rete, net] 1. A net or network; a plexus. 2. (ACAN-THO) A thin-walled tubular network between the longitudinaland circular muscle layers, or inside the longitudinalmuscles. 3. Any structureless membrane or layer.retecious a. [L. rete, net] In the form <strong>of</strong> a network.reticular membrane (PORIF: Hexactinellida) A membraneformed by the fused bases <strong>of</strong> the choanocytes.reticulate a. [L. rete, net] Forming a network <strong>of</strong> obliquely intersectinglinear ridges or lines; a network; cancellated.see retiform.reticulate evolution Evolution dependent on repeated intercrossingbetween a number <strong>of</strong> lines.reticulosome n. [L. dim. rete, net; Gr. soma, body] Cytoplasmicinclusion thought to be involved in membrane formation.reticulum n.; pl. reticula [L. dim. rete, net] A network <strong>of</strong> anastomosingfibers or tubules.retiform a. [L. rete, net; forma, form] Having the form <strong>of</strong> anetwork; composed <strong>of</strong> crossing lines.retina n. [L. rete, net] The receptive apparatus <strong>of</strong> an eye.retinal a.retinaculum n.; pl. -la [L. retinaculum, holdfast] 1. A con-

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