Definition of Gastrulate

1. Verb. (biology) To form into a gastrula ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gastrulate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrulate

gastrotonometry
gastrotoxic
gastrotoxin
gastrotrich
gastrotricha
gastrotrichs
gastrotrocha
gastrotropic
gastrovascular
gastroxia
gastroxynsis
gastrulae
gastrular
gastrulas
gastrulate (current term)
gastrulated
gastrulates
gastrulating
gastrulations
gastrura
gastrurous
gasts
gasworker
gasworkers
gasworks
gat
gat-toothed
gatc

Literary usage of Gastrulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1904)
"2) The Yi and l|^ blastulae that gastrulate at the same time as, ... 4) The partial blastulae that gastrulate later turn in proportionately more cells than ..."

2. Regeneration by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1901)
"The one-thirty-second blastomeres were not observed to gastrulate. Driesch ('95) has also made a study of the potentialities of the blastula and gastrula ..."

3. Growth in Length: Embryological Essays by Richard Assheton (1916)
"Thus he says some of the J blastomeres fail to gastrulate while a few of the ^ blastomeres form blastulae which "partially ..."

4. Embryogeny: An Account of the Laws Govering the Development of the Animal by Hans Przibram (1908)
"... these do not gastrulate. On the other hand, £ macro- meres produce closed embryos which gastrulate and bear at one end one or two secondary ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"When pieces of the wall of the Echinus blastula are broken off they may form little blastula again and these may gastrulate. When these little blastulae ..."

6. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"It has rather arisen in the Arachnids and probably from a true gastrulate type. The considerations which lead to this conclusion are these:— It is at least ..."

7. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"... less of the basal portion which remains alive, and this may close up and gastrulate, producing dwarf gastrulae with a disproportionately large enteron. ..."

8. The Development of the Frog's Egg: An Introduction to Experimental Embryology by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1897)
"And since these "animal" pieces gastrulate, we must infer that the gross-contents of the blastomere, or collection of blastomeres, do not necessarily cause ..."

9. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1904)
"2) The Yi and l|^ blastulae that gastrulate at the same time as, ... 4) The partial blastulae that gastrulate later turn in proportionately more cells than ..."

10. Regeneration by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1901)
"The one-thirty-second blastomeres were not observed to gastrulate. Driesch ('95) has also made a study of the potentialities of the blastula and gastrula ..."

11. Growth in Length: Embryological Essays by Richard Assheton (1916)
"Thus he says some of the J blastomeres fail to gastrulate while a few of the ^ blastomeres form blastulae which "partially ..."

12. Embryogeny: An Account of the Laws Govering the Development of the Animal by Hans Przibram (1908)
"... these do not gastrulate. On the other hand, £ macro- meres produce closed embryos which gastrulate and bear at one end one or two secondary ..."

13. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"When pieces of the wall of the Echinus blastula are broken off they may form little blastula again and these may gastrulate. When these little blastulae ..."

14. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"It has rather arisen in the Arachnids and probably from a true gastrulate type. The considerations which lead to this conclusion are these:— It is at least ..."

15. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"... less of the basal portion which remains alive, and this may close up and gastrulate, producing dwarf gastrulae with a disproportionately large enteron. ..."

16. The Development of the Frog's Egg: An Introduction to Experimental Embryology by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1897)
"And since these "animal" pieces gastrulate, we must infer that the gross-contents of the blastomere, or collection of blastomeres, do not necessarily cause ..."

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