Dictionary of molecular biology

VEGETAL POLE

vegetal pole: translation

The surface of the egg opposite to the animal pole. Usually the cytoplasm in this region is incorporated into future endoderm cells.

  1. vegetal polevegetal pole translationopposite to the animal pole on the egg. Later in embryonic development corresponds to the point on the yolk cell furthest from the developing blas...Dictionary of ichthyology
  2. vegetal polevegetal pole translation In an early embryo a region with large cells with much yolk portion of egg or zygote with more yolk than opposite end....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology