blastopore
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- blastoporal adjective
- blastoporic adjective
Etymology
Origin of blastopore
Example Sentences
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Amniotes, like chickens and humans, will have developed a primitive streak, the precursor to the brain and skin, while fish and amphibians will have developed a spherical-shaped blastopore.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023
In deuterostomes, two groups of gastrula cells in the blastopore grow inward to form the mesoderm.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The blastopore becomes the mouth, and a second opening forms opposite the mouth, which becomes the anus.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The blastopore is the indentation formed during the initial stages of gastrulation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
This stage is called the gastrula stage; ar. is the cavity of the gastrula, the archenteron; b.p. is its opening or blastopore.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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