Gastrulation

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 Gastrulation is a stage in early animal development marked by extensive cell migration[1]. When cells are reorganised in the gastrula they develop into distinct germ layers: the mesoderm, ectoderm and endoderm. Together they give the body the basis of its organs and create the external form of developing animals[2]


References

  1. Hartl, D. and Ruvolo, M. (2012) Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes. pp 482-483 8th Edition. United States: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
  2. Solnica-Krezel, L. and Sepich, D. (2012) ‘Gastrulation: Making and Shaping Germ Layers’, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 28(1)