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not yet covered by the overgrowth of the pigmented cells. 





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to /. A series of views of the lower pole of the Frog's ovum, illustrating 

 the overgrowth of the white hemisphere by the pigmented cells and the 

 formation and changes of position of the blastopore. For full description 

 see text. dl, dorsal lip of blastopore ; bj>, blastopore. The horixontal lines 

 are drawn through the lower pole of the ovum, but in D, E, F they have in- 

 advertently been placed too low down in the figures. 



The dorsal lip has not only increased in size, but it has 



