Article: Seeds
Biology;      575 words ......for the developing embryo. In some flowering plant seeds it remains throughout...reserves that the embryo will require for...Such endospermic seeds are produced by cereals...development to the embryo itself. In such seeds, the cotyledons or...

Article: Seeds.
Science Weekly;  November 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......from plants like dandelions and maple trees. Water carries seeds like coconuts and cranberries. Animals can spread seeds too. Sometimes a bird eats a berry and spits out the seed. Sometimes the seed can survive in bird droppings. Some seeds hook onto an animal's fur and travel long distances ...

Article: Nuts and seeds.
Science Weekly;  February 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......is to make seeds. After pollination and fertilization, seeds form around the fertilized egg and a fruit forms around the seeds. Any part of the plant containing seeds is a fruit. In addition to apples and oranges, tomatoes...can be juicy or it can be dry like a peanut or bean pod. Seeds ...

Article: Winterfat Seeds Take Ice Stakes Through the Heart.
Agricultural Research;  January 1, 1999 ;     569 words ......crystals in the seed embryo mean instant death for most seeds--but not for those...ice crystals in the embryos of seeds that were frozen at...that cover winterfat seeds appear likely to promote...suck water from the embryo, aiding a freeze-dehydration...

Article: DVIF&G's SEEDS Program Provides a "Link to Life" for Cancer Patients.
Business Wire;  May 20, 2009 ;     375 words ......successful birth as a result of our SEEDS[R] program. SEEDS[R] (Semen, Embryo & Egg Depository & Storage...reproductive potential through the SEEDS[R] program. DVIF&G coordinates...and developing and freezing embryos for the couple through in...Taliadouros, director of the SEEDS[R] ...

Article: There's more to it than this.(The Soul of the Embryo: An Enquiry into the Status of the Human Embryo in the Christian Tradition)(Book Review)
Conscience;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Soul of the Embryo: An Enquiry into the Status of the Human Embryo in the Christian Tradition David Albert Jones (Continuum, 2004, 266pp) 0-8264-6296-0, $23.95. SOUL OF THE EMBRYO IS A book that covers attitudes toward human embryos...

Article: The 'pre-embryo' question.(Feature Article)(defining embryos scientifically within a Catholic framework)
Catholic Insight;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......frog embryologist, coined the word pre-embryo. (1) He subsequently admitted that the...to reduce the status of the early human embryo, whom he declared to be a pre-person...developmental individual , and that therefore an embryo, a person , is not present. (3) This notion...

Article: embryo
World Encyclopedia;      113 words ...embryo Early developing stage of an animal or plant. In animals, the embryo stage starts at fertilization . In mammals, an embryo is sustained through blood supplied by the mother via the placenta . In humans, the embryo is...

Article: The Green Thumb Gazette.(differences between seeds and bulbs)
U.S. Kids;  December 1, 2001 ;     131 words ......Orvis: What is the difference between a plant bulb and plant seeds ? Dear Readers: Seeds and bulbs both hold a new, tiny plant, including roots, stem, and leaves. Seeds are dry, so this new plant, or embryo (EMM-bree-oh), is dormant until the seed soaks up enough...after being stored for more than ...

Article: Seeds of knowledge: new online guide helps identify the world's seeds and fruits.
Agricultural Research;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Invasive plants, just like most crop plants, travel around as seeds, she says. So being able to identify them quickly and accurately...invasives aren't all there is to worry about. Some eye-catching seeds and fruits that people may bring back with them from overseas...Painstaking Work Trying to identify the ...

Article: embryo biopsy
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      253 words ......which a single cell is removed from an embryo two or three days after it has been conceived...vitro fertilization . At this age the embryo consists of about eight genetically identical cells. The embryo itself is unaffected and continues to...

Article: Does ?research cloning? create a human embryo?(Brief Article)
National Right to Life News;  May 1, 2002 ;     294 words ......those who support the cloning of human embryos have sought to persuade the media to stop using the term ?embryo.? This is an intellectually dishonest...cloning? and will indeed produce a ?human embryo.? A sampling of those authorities--including...

Article: What grows from seeds?(Science)
Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin);  May 1, 2006 ;     546 words ......Bean Seeds Grow? Plant some bean seeds in dirt. Water the seeds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The roots grow down from the seeds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A small shoot grows up from the...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The plant grows green beans. New seeds are inside the beans. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A ...

Article: Re-identification of a lamnid shark embryo.
Fishery Bulletin;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Sea. She was reported to contain 25-30 embryos, one of which was saved and taken to the...subsequently examined by Sanzo (1912). The male embryo measured 36.1 cm total length (TL), weighed...greatly distended abdomen, as is typical of embryos of oophagous lamnoid sharks (Gilmore...