Re: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3

["Bill Shenefelt" <william_shenefelt at verizon.net>]

In many small organisms , a cyst  can be a sac of sorts containing viable
entities, but can also be a "protected" form of an offspring that can
withstand some bad conditions pending later development as in the case of
brine shrimp. Pretty sure one BS cyst= 1 BS offspring. .Too bad!
Bill Shenefelt
http://shene.killi.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markus&Heather Brown" <TheBiologist at charter_net>
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Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3


> A cyst contains multiple eggs, if I remember right:)
> Markus
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hladky, John" <John_Hladky at tdytsi.com>
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> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3
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>
> > Thanks David,  very informative!
> >
> > However you wrote...
> >
> > "Artemia, or, as most of you know, brine shrimp hatch from cysts (a
> misnomer
> > when we call them eggs)."
> >
> > What is the difference?
> >
> > My search for an answer on the web resulted in lots of information on
> cysts
> > in the female reproductive system, but no definition of a cyst as
related
> to
> > invertebrate reproduction.
> >
> > Happy new year...
> > John in Huntsville
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