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 "Gastrulation" Quotes from Famous Books 
 
 
  ... blastopore. In the higher animals a good deal of food-yolk is stored up in the germ, and so the vase-shaped structure has been flattened and altered. It has, however, been shown that all embryos pass through this stage (gastrulation), and we again infer the existence of a common ancestor of that type—the Gastraea. The lowest group of many-celled animals—the corals, jelly-fishes, and anemones—are essentially ...  — The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science • Various
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