Blastodisc
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The blastodisc, also called the germinal disc, is the embryo-forming part on the yolk of the egg of an animal that undergoes discoidal meroblastic cleavage.[1] Discoidal cleavage occurs in those animals with a large proportion of yolk in their eggs, and include insects, fish, reptiles and birds.[2] The blastodisc is a small disc of cytoplasm that sits on top of the yolk. In birds, it is a small, circular, white spot (approximately 1.5-3 mm across) on the surface of the yellow yolk of an egg, at the animal pole.[3]
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