Di;\ ELOPMENT OF THE \ LBINO R \ l 



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in his Later communications. Vesicle A, figure 25, when com- 

 pared with vesicle ( ' of figure 24, shows only a slight difference in 

 degree of development. Vesicle A is of more elongated and of 

 more distinctly cylindrical form. Ms thin-walled portion (an- 



Fig. 25 Longitudinal sections of blastodermic \ esicles of t he albino ral . show- 

 ing entypy or inversion of germ layers with early stages in egg-cylinder formation. 

 The ectoplacental cone of each is not cut through its entire Length and the lower 

 portion oi each vesicle is slightly folded. X 200. A, B, and ( '. ral No. 35, 8 

 days, 18 hours, after insemination. To lit properly into the entire series these 

 three vesicles should be from the early hours of the seventh day after insemina- 

 tion. ect.pl., ectoplacental cone or Trager; ccl.it., ectodermal node; ex. ect., 

 extraembryonic ectoderm, early stage of its ingrowth shown in vesicle A; p. ect., 

 parietal or transitory ectoderm; cent., visceral layer of entoderm; p. cut., cells 

 of parietal entoderm. 



timesometrial portion) is longer, its cavity more extensive; 

 this is owing to a further flattening of the cells of the parietal 

 or transitory ectoderm. In vesicle A in the section preceding 

 the one figured, the ectoplacental cone is thicker by about two 



