anlage

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anlage

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From German Anlage.

noun anlages · anlagen

  1. A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops. Stockard has shown that, not only do anesthetics arrest the development of the intra-embryonic blood vessels in the embryos of Fundulus, at an early ontogenetic stage, but in such a manner that no doubt can now exist that, under normal conditions, these vessels are formed in situ by a concrescence o
  2. An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
  3. Temperament, the predominant personality type.

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@misc{anlage_2026,
  title = {anlage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anlage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}