ac·cre·tion·ar·y growth

growth by an increase of intercellular material.

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accretionary growth

Apparent growth in organ or tissue which is due to an increase in stromal bulk; hypertrophy.

ac·cre·tion·ar·y growth

(ă-krē'shŭn-ar-ē grōth)

Growth by an increase of intercellular material.

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ac·cre·tion·ar·y growth

(ă-krē'shŭn-ar-ē grōth)

Growth by an increase of intercellular material.

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References in periodicals archive

These layers, produced by accretionary growth, can be used to estimate the age of P.

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE LIFE HISTORY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC GEODUCK PANOPEA GENEROSA

The microconchids are essentially hollow calcareous tubes showing evidence of accretionary growth (Fig.

Notes on Additional Material Associated with the Type Specimens of Diphuicrinus ohioensis (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Southeastern Ohio

In larger specimens, the shell may reach over 6 cm in length (Hunt, 1877), and shows accretionary growth bands analogous to those seen on the shelves of bivalves or other molluscs (e.g., Fig.

Sea hare Aplysia punctata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) can maintain shell calcification under extreme ocean acidification

In other words, while the animal survival success may partially depend upon the (presumably) functionally relevant set of shell-shape parameters [9-29], the animal control upon this category of shell-shape parameters is only indirect, readily operating only via the accretionary growth process of shell, which is best accounted for by the set of growth-based shape parameters (defined below).

Covarying shell growth parameters and the regulation of shell shape in marine bivalves: a case study on Tellinoidea

This is because the shape of shell outline is not a geometrical figuration generated per se, defined at the outset, but it is the cumulative result of an accretionary growth process [4].

Covariations between shell-growth parameters and the control of the ranges of variation of functionally relevant shell-shape parameters in bivalves: a theoretical approach

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