2IO 



THE EVOLUTION OF MAN. 



FIG. 36. Monernla of a Mammal (Rabbit). The fertilized egg-cell after 

 loss of the germ-vesicle is a simple ball of protoplasm (d). The outer 

 envelope of this is formed by the modified zona pellucida (z) and by a mucous 

 layer (h), which is deposited on the outside of the zona. A few sperm-cells 

 are still visible in this mucous layer (s). 



FIG. 37. Parent-cell, or cytula, of a Mammal (Rabbit) : k, parent -kernel, 

 or nucleus; n, nucleolus; p, protoplasm of the parent-cell; z, modified 

 zona pellucida ; h, external albuminous envelope ; s, sperm-cells. 



FIG. 38. Commencement of cleavage in the mammalian egg (Rabbit). 



The parent-cell has separated into two differing cells; the brighter, 

 mother-cell of the skin-layer (e), and the darker, mother-cell of the in- 

 testinal layer (j) : z, zona pellucida; h, external albuminous envelope; 

 s, dead sperm-cells. 



