blastosphere
Americannoun
noun
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another name for blastula
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another name for blastocyst
Etymology
Origin of blastosphere
Example Sentences
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In this process a portion of the blastosphere wall is the tucked into the rest, as indicated by the arrow, so that a two-layered sack is formed.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
This is the blastosphere, shown diagrammatically in Figure 4, and of which an internal view, rather truer to the facts of the case as regards shape, is given as Figure 5.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
A limit is set to increase in the size of a blastosphere by the nature of the material of its walls.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
We naturally assume, from what we have learnt, that the next stages will be the formation of a hollow blastosphere, invagination, a gastrula forming mesoblast by hollow outgrowths from the archenteron, and so on.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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