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The blastopore is an opening or pore that develops in the initial ball of cells or blastula from which all Metazoans develop. Invagination of the blastula at a particular point forms the blastopore and signals the development of the gastrula in most metazoa. The blastopore becomes the mouth in the Protostomata and the anus in the Deuterostomata.
