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the process of development and become embry- 

 onic cells and even germ cells it does not 

 destroy this general principle of germinal con- 



Fig. 22. Diagram Show- 

 ing the "Cell Lineage" of 

 the Body Cells and Germ 

 Cells in a Worm or Mol- 

 ltjsk. The lineage of the 

 germ cells ("germ track") 

 is shown in black, of ecto- 

 derm in white, and of endo- 

 derm and mesoderm in 

 shaded circles. The whole 

 course of spermatogenesis 

 and oogenesis is shown in 

 the lower right of the figure 

 beginning with the primitive 

 sex cells (Prim. Sex Cells) 

 and ending with the game- 

 tes, the genesis of the sper- 

 matozoa being shown on the 

 left and that of the ova on 

 the right. 



