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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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Body symmetry is determined at the blastula stage.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

In mammals, the blastula forms the blastocyst in the next stage of development.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

After further cell division and rearrangement of existing cells, a 6–32-celled hollow structure called a blastula is formed.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

Our next question concerns the distribution of potentiality, when the embryo is developed further than the blastula stage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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

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

From Slate May 23, 2012

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




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