cytoplasmic determinant

cytoplasmic determinant
A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.

Consequently, in order to learn of a cytoplasmic determinant serving a specific hereditary function, one must detect it in a mutated form.


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