blastula

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After the cleavage has produced over 100 cells, the embryo is called a blastula.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

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

Next, the blastula undergoes further cell division and cellular rearrangement during a process called gastrulation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

However, opinions still differ considerably as to the real nature of this "provisional gastrula" of the placental and its relation to the blastula into which it is converted.

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