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THE MAMMALIAN EMBRYO. 



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ing medullary folds (Fig. 105 C, ae). Where this promi- 

 nence becomes first apparent the epiblast and hypoblast 



a A 



A Series of Transverse Sections through the Junction 

 OF THE Primitive Streak and Medullary Groove of 

 A Young Guinea-Pig. (After Schafer.) 



A. is the posterior section. 



e. epiblast ; m. mesoblast ; h. hyppblast ; ae. axial epiblast of 

 the primitive streak ; ah. axial hypoblast attached in B. and 

 C. to the epiblast at the rudimentary blastopore ; 7iff. me- 

 dullary groove ; /. rudimentary blastopore. 



