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highly invasive, multinucleated derivative of the cytotrophoblast
near the inner cell mass in the implanting mammalian embryo.
syncitium - multinucleate cell; may arise either from
karyokinesis without cytokinesis (e.g., Drosophila syncitial
blastoderm) or from fusion of mononucleate cells (e.g.
vertebrate skeletal muscles). [plural: syncitia] |
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