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ventral cell family, but before any further divisions take place certain 

 characteristic rearrangements of the members of the dorsal family 

 occur. On the right side a glides upwards and h downwards, whilst 

 on the left side a glides downwards and /? upwards (Fig. 343, D). 



At the next cleavage all four cells divide and the two daughters 

 of each are denominated 1 and 2, the more dorsal sister being indicated 



Fig. 343. — Early stages in the segmentation of the egg of Ascarix megalocepliala. 

 (After Boveri. ) 



A, 4 - cell stage in the T - condition seen from the right side. B, 4 - cell stage in the rhomb 

 condition seen from the right side. C, 6-cell stage seen from the right side. D, S-cell stage seen 

 from the right side. 



by the suffix (1). As a result of the gliding that has taken place in 

 the previous stage, the four cells of the upper cell family on the right 

 side form a T-piece with a horizontal beam and a vertical cross-piece. 

 The beam consists of h, in front and 6, 



above and a^ below. 



The four cells on the left side 

 2, lying rather in front of, but beneath, /3j and j3^. 



2 behind, the cross-piece of a^ 



form a rhomb a^ 



four 



and aj, lying rather in front of, but beneath, /3j and /Jj. The 

 cells of the ventral cell family form a horse-shoe with approximated 

 ends. Then a fresh rearrangement takes place, a, passes to the 



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