調ちょう節せつ卵らん

noun

regulation egg

Technical term in developmental biology for an egg whose developmental fate is not predetermined and can adjust to external conditions.

• 調ちょう節せつ卵らんは、発はっ生せいの初しょ期き段だん階かいで環かん境きょうに応おうじて分ぶん化かの方ほう向こうを変かえることができる。

  Regulation eggs can change their differentiation path in response to the environment during early development.