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blastosphere

[blas-tuh-sfeer] / ˈblæs təˌsfɪər /


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The central part of the blastosphere is called the segmentation cavity or blastocoel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

If we compare this with the typical blastosphere of the lower type, we see that it is, as it were, flattened out on the yolk.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Thus, an oval and an elongate egg produce respectively an oval and an elongate blastosphere.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar

The conditions for the origin of the blastosphere come into existence only by the process of segmentation, and it is only by its capacity to divide that the egg contains the conditions for blastosphere formation.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar

Plainly, the blastosphere cannot be pre-existing as a structure of particles in the fertilised nucleus; there cannot be blastosphere determinants.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar