PROCESS OF SEGMENTATION 



at one pole is termed telolecithal. Cleavage in such an egg is 

 initiated at the animal pole where the nucleus and most of the 



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as a 



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active cytoplasm are located. The division of the nucleus is a 

 typical mitotic division. The division of the cytoplasm is 

 effected rapidly at the animal pole of the egg where the active 



