epibolic


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e·pib·o·ly

 (ĭ-pĭb′ə-lē)
n.
The growth of a rapidly dividing group of cells around a more slowly dividing group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula.

[Greek epibolē, a throwing or laying on, from epiballein, to throw on : epi-, epi- + ballein, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.]

ep′i·bol′ic (ĕp′ə-bŏl′ĭk) adj.
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amazonicus oocytes due to enzymes and proteins that participate in the formation and performance of microtubules and the direction of epibolic movements.
This could be explained by a partial lack of epibolic displacement accounted for a decreased number of blastodermic cells available at the time of gastrulation.