"Blastodisc" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK where cleavage begins. Upon fertilization the cytoplasm streams from the vegetal pole away from the yolk to the animal pole where cleavage will occur. This germinal area eventually flattens into a layer of cells (BLASTODERM) that covers the yolk completely.
| Descriptor ID |
D054239
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.331.042
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| Concept/Terms |
Blastodisc- Blastodisc
- Blastodiscs
- Germinal Disc
- Disc, Germinal
- Discs, Germinal
- Germinal Discs
- Germinal Area
- Area, Germinal
- Areas, Germinal
- Germinal Areas
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