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how do they prepare for this act of meeting in the womb 

 for the purpose of building a new body? In the overies 

 of the female the cell prepares for the occasion in this 

 way : It discharges or dispenses with half of the skilled 

 workers located in the nucleus, and also its centrosome 

 or general manager and provides itself with food 



FIG. 7. Structure of the centrosome in the polar asters. WILSON. 



enough to last several days. With this food she goes into 

 the womb and waits for the cell to come from the male. 

 How is he prepared? He also discharges or abandons 

 half of his skilled workers in the nucleus but keeps the 

 general manager or centrosome, so when the two meet 

 and join their forces together, there will be a complete 

 cell with a full nucleus, centrosome and also food enough 

 to last them until connections have been built up in the 

 womb with the body, where they can obtain and be fur- 

 nished with such food and building material as will be 



