Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fluid-filled, central cavity of a blastula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The cavity inside a blastula; -- also called
segmentation cavity .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
blastocoele .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
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Examples
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I wonder if Fred Thompson knows how to spell "zygote" or "blastocoel"?
Bob Cesca: Liveblogging The Republican Convention - Day Two 2008
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The blastocyst is a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells (the trophoblast), a fluid-filled cavity (the blastocoel), and a cluster of cells on the interior (the inner cell mass).
Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Snow’s False and Misleading History of Stem Cell Research 2006
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Perhaps they're hoping the the terms "trophoblast", "blastocoel", and "blastocyst" will disguise the fact that we're talking about a human being?
Archive 2004-06-01 Julie D. 2004
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Perhaps they're hoping the the terms "trophoblast", "blastocoel", and "blastocyst" will disguise the fact that we're talking about a human being?
A Doctor's Perspective on Stem Cell Research Julie D. 2004
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In this intermediate stage there are two cavities in the embryo -- the original cavity (blastocoel) which is disappearing, and the primitive gut-cavity (progaster) which is forming.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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A blastula, with wide embryonic cavity (blastocoel, bl), g incipient invagination.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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At the beginning of gastrulation, the blastocoel roof is one cell thick, and the dorsal lip of the blastopore forms below the equator of the embryo.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Andres Collazo 2010
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Cell migration is visible through the transparent blastocoel roof of the gastrula.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Andres Collazo 2010
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Peirce SM, Skalak TC, Davidson L, Marsden M, et al. (2004) Multicellular computer simulation of morphogenesis: blastocoel roof thinning and matrix assembly in Xenopus laevis.
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Consistent with previous studies [21], ectopic Pmar1-misexpressing cells ingressed into the blastocoel at the same time as endogenous primary mesenchyme cells.
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