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blastocoel

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blas·to·coel or blas·to·cele or blas·to·coele (blst-sl)
n.
The fluid-filled cavity in the blastula of a developing embryo. Also called cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity.
blasto·coelic adj.
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Although cleavage divisions were affected only at very high DMAE concentrations, embryos treated with lower concentrations at the two-cell stage subsequently developed malformations (Figure 3): overabundance of mesenchyme-like cells that accumulated first in the vegetal half of the blastocoel, and later occupied all of the blastocoel, blocking or inhibiting gastrulation; absence of a second pair of arms in mid-pluteus, or sometimes shortening or absence of one arm of the first pair (Figure 3H).
The sea urchin embryo as a model for mammalian developmental ... by Slotkin, Theodore A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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