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and even photographed, while in the living condition. The peri- 

 pheral layer of protoplasm is yellow and it gathers at the lower 

 pole of the egg, where the sperm enters, forming a yellow cap 



FIG. 45. SUCCESSIVE STAGES IN THE CLEAVAGE OF THE EGG OF A MOLLUSK 

 (Crcpiduld), showing the separateness of the male and female chromo- 

 somes ($ch, ?c/t) and of the male and female halves of each nucleus 



