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ul·tra·struc·ture

(ŭl'tră-strŭk'chūr),
Structures or particles seen with the electron microscope.
Synonym(s): fine structure
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fine structure

(fīn)
n.
Biology See ultrastructure.
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The trans-[beta]-carotene was identified by co-chromatography with standard and visible absorption spectrum in mobile phase and little fine structure consistent with [beta]-carotene standard eluted in the same conditions.
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Some of such bristles as well as the fine structure of the superficially smooth body cuticle might have been overlooked in earlier investigations that did not use scanning electron microscopy.
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The ultrastructure of late stages of oogenesis has been reported (Morisawa, 1999b), but the fine structure of spermiogenesis in Myxine glutinosa and Eptatretus stouti (Alvestad-Graevner and Adam, 1977; Jespersen, 1975) was studied before papers about the acrosome reaction (Morisawa, 1999a; Morisawa and Cherr, 2002) were published.
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