Meaning of blastophore | Babel Free

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That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

obsolete

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“It does not, however, happen⟳ that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."”

“Associted with the formation of the male sex cells from the time they leave⟳ the testes until the spermatozoön becomes fully grown there is a protoplasmic structure⟳, termed the blastophore (Bloomfield, '80, Calkins, '95) in Lumbricus, and the cytophore (Voigt, '85) in Branchiobdella varians.”

“The cytophore now splits internally in such a way as to separate⟳ an inner sphere (blastophore) from an outer envelope.”

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