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- noun biochemistry An
egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in thefemales of nearly alloviparous species .
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The fat body cells respond to it by making a yolk ingredient called vitellogenin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The fat body cells respond to it by making a yolk ingredient called vitellogenin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The fat body cells respond to it by making a yolk ingredient called vitellogenin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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With enough of these hormones, the vitellogenin can reach the egg itself and turn into yolk.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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It makes a molecule that gets into the fat body and slows down the cells as they make vitellogenin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The vitellogenin leaves the fat body and flows through the beetle until it reaches the eggs in the ovaries.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Some vitellogenin still gets out of the fat body, but little of it seems to reach an egg.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Some vitellogenin still gets out of the fat body, but little of it seems to reach an egg.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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It makes a molecule that gets into the fat body and slows down the cells as they make vitellogenin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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With enough of these hormones, the vitellogenin can reach the egg itself and turn into yolk.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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