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.
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It has usually been regarded as representing both endoderm and mesoderm, and the groove which usually leads to its formation has been compared to the abnormally elongated blastopore of a typical gastrula.
From Project Gutenberg
The blastopore persists as the anal opening of the adult.
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The blastopore generally occupies a position corresponding to the posterior end of the body.
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One end of the blastopore becomes nearly closed, and an ingrowth of ectoderm takes place around it to form the stomodaeum or fore-gut and mouth.
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