blastosphere

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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

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)

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

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