KARYOGAMY (Gr. Kapvov,

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• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut or

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• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel, thus "

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• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus," and yaµos,

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• MARRIAGE

marriage) , in biology: (1) the fusion of nuclei to KASAI form a single nucleus in syngamic processes (see REPRODUCTION); (2) the process of pairing in Infusoria (q.v.), in which two migratory nuclei are interchanged and fuse with two stationary nuclei, while the cytoplasmic bodies. of the two mates are in intimate temporary union .