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the underlying yolk (p. 46). Just as cleavage in Reptiles and Birds was 

 modified by the presence of the large unsegmenting yolk mass, so, for the same 



Ectoderm of embryonic disk 



Blastopore 



Ectoderm 



Yolk entoderm 

 Blastopore 



Ectoderm 



"Completion Protentoderm Yolk entoderm 



plate" 



Blastopore 



Peristomal mesoderm 



"Completion 



plate" 



"Completion plate" 



Yolk entoderm 



Fig. 42. — From medial vertical sections through embryonic disk of lizard, showing five successive 

 stages in gastrulation. Wenckebach, Bonnet. 



reason, is gastrulation quite modified, as compared with the simple process seen 

 in Amphioxus. At the same time, however, it is possible to correlate the reptil- 

 ian and avian gastrulation with gastrulation in the lower forms. 



