Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs.
E stage with thirty-two cells; F blastula; G gastrula in longitudinal section.
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The round cavity, filled with fluid, inside the real blastula is the segmentation-cavity.
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The latter (blastula) is palingenetic, and precedes the formation of the gastrula.
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Also, in every case, the gastrula develops from the blastula by curving or invagination.
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This real blastula only differs from that of the primitive ova in its chemical composition.
Ús de blastosphere en anglès
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This embryo, resembling a hollow rubber ball filled with fluid, is called a blastosphere.
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The earliest one-celled protozoa were probably succeeded by many- celled animals of the type of the blastosphere, and these by gastrula-like organisms.