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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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After fertilization, the zygote undergoes cleavage to form the blastula.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The blastula is often a hollow ball of cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

What is called the "blastula" of the mammal and the real blastula of the amphioxus and many of the invertebrates are totally different embryonic structures.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August




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