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Paper, 'On the formation of the mesoblast, and the persistence of the blastopore in the lamprey' by Arthur E [Everett] Shipley

Reference number: PP/7/10

Date: 1885

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Shipley writes: 'At the close of segmentation the egg of the lamprey (Petromyzon planeri) forms a blastosphere. Owing to the way in which the yolk is distributed, the segmentation cavity is rather eccentrically placed. It is roofed in by several rows of small cells, while its floor is composed of a few very large cells much crowded with food yolk.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Embryology

Received 29 October 1885. Read 25 November 1885. Communicated by Michael Foster.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation of the mesoblast, and the persistence of the blastopore in the lamprey'.

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PP/7/10
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1885
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Everett Shipley, Paper, 'On the formation of the mesoblast, and the persistence of the blastopore in the lamprey' by Arthur E [Everett] Shipley, 1885, PP/7/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_7_10/paper-on-the-formation-of-the-mesoblast-and-the-persistence-of-the-blastopore-in-the-lamprey-by-arthur-e-everett-shipley, accessed on 10 October 2024

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