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blastula

[blas-chuh-luh] / ˈblæs tʃə lə /


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Here the cells in the blastula arrange themselves in two layers: the inner cell mass, and an outer layer called the trophoblast.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Gastrulation is the process in which the cells in the blastula rearrange themselves and form three layers of cells.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Body symmetry is determined at the blastula stage.

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

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 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

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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