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#Question id: 7116


Which one statement best describes gastrulation in sea urchins?

a) Gastrulation is initiated by invagination of the micromeres at the vegetal pole.

b) The mouth of the pluteus larva will form from mesomeres on the oral side of the 60-cell embryo.

c) The gut will form from the macromeres at the 16-cell stage.

d) Mesenchymal cells originating at the vegetal pole will invaginate first during gastrulation and will form skeletal structures in the pluteus larva.

Which of the following combination is correct?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. c only
  4. a, b, c and d