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Micrograph showing the archenteron in a starfish embryo. The archenteron is number 4 on the diagram.
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archenteron (genetic biology) |
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- Grammar: noun
- Definition: the central cavity of a developing embryo (gastrula) which ultimately becomes the digestive or intestinal cavity
- Example:
Invagination of the blastula wall forms a deep pocket or archenteron.
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