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Electron-dense, membrane-less, RNA-protein complexes often associated with mitochondria, found in the pole plasm (q.v.) and subsequently incorporated into primordial germ cells (q.v.) in a variety of species. Also called germinal granules or P granules.
From: polar granules in A Dictionary of Genetics »
Subjects: Genetics and Genomics.
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