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blastosphere

[blas-tuh-sfeer] / ˈblæs təˌsfɪər /


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Invagination, the infolding of a layer of cells, as, for instance, in the transformation of a blastosphere into a gastrula, xvii.

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

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

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)

The cells of the lower half of the blastosphere are slightly larger than those of the upper half.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

There is no open invagination of an archenteron in the fowl, as in the frog--, the gastrula, like the blastosphere, stage is also masked.

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