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Definition of Blastomeres
1. blastomere [n] - See also: blastomere
Medical Definition of Blastomeres
1. The undifferentiated cells formed by cleavage of the fertilised ovum. This includes cells in the cleavage, morula, and blastula stages of the embryo. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastomeres
Literary usage of Blastomeres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"time two other small cells separate themselves from the first blastomeres ; the
egg consists of six segments, two large and four small. ..."
2. Vertebrate Embryology: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1893)
"The cleft isa little above the equator, so that the four blastomeres of the upper
tier are a ... The blastomeres are in contact with one another laterally, ..."
3. Regeneration by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1901)
"In order to obtain cells that belong to the vegetative hemisphere, the blastomeres
were shaken apart at the eight-cell stage, and those groups of cells that ..."
4. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University (1900)
"From these quotations it is seen that he denies the cellular nature of the bodies
within the blastomeres, but offers no explanation of their true nature. ..."
5. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD (2003)
"Quantitative Real-time PCR Analysis of RNA and DNA in Individual Mouse Embryos
and their blastomeres C. Hartshorn, JE Rice, and LJ Wangh Department of ..."
6. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: Gifford Lectures Delivered at by Hans Driesch (1908)
"The Potencies of the blastomeres At first we turn back to our experiments on the
egg of the sea-urchin as a type of the germ in the very earliest stages. ..."
7. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"time two other small cells separate themselves from the first blastomeres ; the
egg consists of six segments, two large and four small. ..."
8. Vertebrate Embryology: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1893)
"The cleft isa little above the equator, so that the four blastomeres of the upper
tier are a ... The blastomeres are in contact with one another laterally, ..."
9. Regeneration by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1901)
"In order to obtain cells that belong to the vegetative hemisphere, the blastomeres
were shaken apart at the eight-cell stage, and those groups of cells that ..."
10. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University (1900)
"From these quotations it is seen that he denies the cellular nature of the bodies
within the blastomeres, but offers no explanation of their true nature. ..."
11. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD (2003)
"Quantitative Real-time PCR Analysis of RNA and DNA in Individual Mouse Embryos
and their blastomeres C. Hartshorn, JE Rice, and LJ Wangh Department of ..."
12. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: Gifford Lectures Delivered at by Hans Driesch (1908)
"The Potencies of the blastomeres At first we turn back to our experiments on the
egg of the sea-urchin as a type of the germ in the very earliest stages. ..."
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