blastula
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During gastrulation, the blastula folds upon itself to form the three layers of cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 34.22 The rearrangement of the cells in the mammalian blastula to two layers—the inner cell mass and the trophoblast—results in the formation of the blastocyst.
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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.
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Gastrulation is the process in which the cells in the blastula rearrange themselves and form three layers of cells.
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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
