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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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The blastula is often a hollow ball of cells.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

During gastrulation, the blastula folds upon itself to form the three layers of cells.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

After fertilization, the zygote develops into a blastula, which develops into a planula larva.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The cells in the blastula then rearrange themselves spatially to form three layers of cells.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

When the blastula is fully formed, we have again in this case the important folding or invagination that determines gastrulation.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 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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