proter Biol.
(ˈprəʊtə(r))
[a. F. proter (Chatton & Lwoff 1936, in Arch. Zool. expér. et gen. LXXVIII. 85), f. Gr. πρότερος in front.]
In ciliate protozoa, the anterior of the two organisms formed by transverse fission. Cf. opisthe.
| 1950 A. Lwoff Probl. Morphogenesis in Ciliates xi. 73 In ciliates of the Leucophrys type, the proter and the opisthe are modelled in the anterior and posterior parts of the parent. 1961 Mackinnon & Hawes Protozool. iv. 222 At binary fission..the oral structures then go to the anterior daughter, or proter. |