Sentence examples for series of divisions from inspiring English sources
In organisms that reproduce sexually, the union of an ovum with a sperm results in a zygote, or fertilized egg, which undergoes a series of divisions called cleavages as it passes down the fallopian tube.
During the first growing season, the pollen tube grows slowly through the nucellus, while within the ovule the megaspore nucleus, through a series of divisions, gives rise to a collection of some 2,000 nuclei, which are then individually enclosed by walls to form a structure called the female gametophyte or prothallus.
In his commentary on the Categories, Boethius presented a series of divisions which he took from Greek authors.
In the recent years, there has been a series of divisions in employers' organisations (firms setting up alternative employers' organisations to be freed from the agreement's obligations, beyond the famous FIAT case).
Again, surely Zeno is aware of these facts, and so must have something else in mind, presumably the following: he assumes that if the infinite series of divisions he describes were repeated infinitely many times then a definite collection of parts would result.
After this series of divisions is complete the 2a, 2b, and 2c clones each number six cells, and 2d has formed seven.
With a series of division games still to come — after the Ravens, they face Cleveland and Steelers again — the Bengals remain very much in the playoff race.
Since it is always possible to divide a magnitude, the series of division is unending and so is infinite.
The lateral-root primordium (LRP) forms by a regular series of cell divisions established by the placement of division planes in space and time, providing the foundation of all of the layers of a mature root and its proper histology.
Sperm from any organism results from a series of cell divisions during individual development, and each of these divisions may lead to mutations (Gilbert 2003).
Exploring the bottleneck also requires explicitly modelling partitioning dynamics throughout a series of cell divisions, over which population size can change dramatically.
