Sentence examples for shell membrane from inspiring English sources

A shell membrane is also preserved in some of the complete eggs with the embryos (Fig. 2a).

Thin sections of eggshells were scanned from the shell membrane (inner) to the cuticle (outer) surface.

Nevertheless, while some workers4,5 have attempted to correlate egg-shell formation with increased carbonic anhydrase activity of the uterine tissue of laying hens, little attention has been focused on the role the shell membrane might play during shell deposition.

We identify this layer as a remnant of the eggshell membrane, given its position relative to the calcareous layer and its chemical similarity with the Lufengosaurus shell membrane (rich in phosphate and calcite, Figs S1 S3).

A new approach is presented for preparing biomorphological mesoporous TiO2 templated by mimicking bamboo inner shell membrane via supercritical CO2 (SCCO2) transportation through titanium tetrabutyloxide (TTBO).

Here, we show that a thin calcareous layer (≤100 µm) with interlocking units of radiating crystals (mammillae) and a thick shell membrane already characterize the oldest known amniote eggs, belonging to three coeval, but widely distributed Early Jurassic basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs.

The bird egg includes the vitelline membrane, the white of the egg, two egg shell membranes, and the outermost membrane, the shell.

The term "check" means an egg that has a broken shell or crack in the shell but has its shell membranes intact and contents not leaking.

The term "leaker" means an egg that has a crack or break in the shell and shell membranes to the extent that the egg contents are exposed or are exuding or free to exude through the shell.

The structural components of the egg include the shell and shell membranes (10 percent); the albumen or white (60 percent), including the thick albumen, the outer thin albumen, the inner thin albumen, and the chalazae; and the yolk (30 percent).

This previously unrecognized and unusual cysteine-rich protein from chicken egg shell membranes is abbreviated CREMP.