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PLATE NUMBER

STAGE

TIME

ORIENTATION

IMAGE

10

First cleavage

Embryo stage 1+

1 h p.f.

Animal

Lateral Lateral

Vegetal

Animal-vegetal section

Cleavage at the Telophase

The nuclei have a lobar and the animal cortex has a wrinkled and contracted appearance. Cytoplasmic aggregates of the pigment is seen as patches. Some of the pigment is seen around the cleavage plane and some has accumulated close to the cortex. The animal and vegetal domains are more apparent in this than the previous stages.