blastula
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During gastrulation, the blastula folds upon itself to form the three layers of cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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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Body symmetry is determined at the blastula stage.
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After the cleavage has produced over 100 cells, the embryo is called a blastula.
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If we then imagine the yelk it contains to be dissolved and replaced by a clear liquid, we have the characteristic blastula of the higher mammals.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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
