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Table 3. Relative volume of blastomeres calculated from wax-plate reconstructions

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The cells have been arranged in descending order of magnitude to emphasize the striking fact that there is invariably one small cell.

Percentage of total volume represented by each blastomere Cell c A :

stage Egg A- B. C oD E F G@ H I J K L M 2 4A 5789 4210 — -— -—- ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ =

1A 5600 4400 — ~—- — ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ =

4 5A 30-40 27:20 2560 168 — — ~—~ — — ~—~ ~— ~ —

5B 29-60 2760 2630 1640 — — — ~~ ~ ~ ~~ +

8 2B 1617 12-74 12-25 12:25 12-25 1225 1225 980 — — — — —

2A 14:80 13-36 12-87 1237 1237 11-88 1138 1089 — — — — —

9 14B 17-51 14-60 12-40 1240 1094 875 875 730 730 — — — —

10 12B 14-70 12-25 11-27 10-78 10-78 980 833 833 7:84 588 — — — 12 12A 13-85 12:04 9-63 9-04 9:04 9:04 904 7:22 602 602 602 301 — 13 12C 11:50 10-25 960 960 960 833 7-69 641 6-41 5:75. 5-75 450 4-50