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Fig. 97. SECTION THROUGH THE NEARLY CIRCULAR EMBRYONIC AREA OF A RABBIT OVUM OF SIX DAYS.

(From Allen Thomson, after E. van Beneden.)

ect. upper layer ; mes. middle layer ; ent. true hypoblast.

Reference

Foster, M., Balfour, F. M., Sedgwick, A., & Heape, W. (1883). The Elements of Embryology. (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan and Co.

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