blastula
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After the cleavage has produced over 100 cells, the embryo is called a blastula.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Further cleavage results in a hollow ball of cells called a blastula.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The blastula, or hollow sphere of segmentation cells, usually ciliated, was reminiscent of the planæa, an ancestral free-swimming form whose nearest living relation is the spherical Magosphæra.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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
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
I picture the embryos themselves: round blastulas, with evenly divided cells.
From Slate ● May 23, 2012
