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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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The blastula, which in some species is a hollow ball of cells, undergoes a process called gastrulation, in which the three germ layers form.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Gastrulation is the process in which the cells in the blastula rearrange themselves and form three layers of cells.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Body symmetry is determined at the blastula stage.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Further cleavage results in a hollow ball of cells called a blastula.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The actual ontogenetic development of the gastrula from the blastula furnishes sound evidence as to the phylogenetic origin of the Gastraea from the Blastaea.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

For Ptychodera, extensive EST data from egg, blastulae, gastrulae, larvae, juveniles, adult proboscis, stomochord, and gills defining 34,159 cDNA clones53, and 879,000 Roche/454 RNAseq reads from a mixed library of developmental stages54 were used.

From Nature ● Nov. 17, 2015

Near the end of my visit, our conversation turned from the theoretical consideration of morulas and blastulas to the specific realities of my own condition and treatment.

From Slate ● May 23, 2012

I picture the embryos themselves: round blastulas, with evenly divided cells.

From Slate ● May 23, 2012


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