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Gastrulation

Gastrulation is the stage in the early embryonic development of most animals, during which the blastula (a single-layered hollow sphere of cells), or in mammals, the blastocyst, is reorganized into a two-layered or three-layered embryo known as the gastrula, with an infold named the blastopore. Before gastrulation, the embryo is a continuous epithelial…

Movements, Gastrula layers & Amphibians

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Gastrula layers

Basic cell movements

Etymology

Importance

Model systems

Protostomes versus deuterostomes

Sea urchins

Amphibians

Symmetry breaking

Amniotes

Cell signaling driving gastrulation

  • Mesendoderm
  • TGFβ Transforming growth factor beta
  • Smad2 Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2
  • Smad3 Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3
  • Smad4 Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4
  • Homeobox

Gastrulation in vitro

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Gastrulation

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Gastrulation

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related to Further reading · 73
Gastrulation → Academic Press, Atlas, Baron, Ben, Bibcode, Biological, Birchmeier, Cambridge University Press, Carmen, Charles, Cleavage, CRC Press, Cullen, Cytoskeletal, Dan, David, Development, Developmental, Disease, Douglas
related to Bibliography · 65
Gastrulation → Alexander, Approaches, Arnold, Behringer, Biological Pattern, Brain, Brian Keith, Cambridge University Press, Catala, Cell Biol, Dev, Developmental Biology, Elizabeth, Embryology, Ereskovsky, Evolutionary, Gene, Gilbert, Hall, Harrison
related to Cell signaling driving gastrulation · 18
Gastrulation → BMP, During, FGF, Fibroblast, Hoxa5, Hoxb1, In, Nodal, RA, Smad2, Smad3, Smad4, TGFβ, The, The Wnt, These, This, Wnt
related to Symmetry breaking · 14
Gastrulation → AVE, BMP, DVE, FGF, Hans Spemann, Hilde Mangold, In, Many, Prior, The, This, Thus, Visceral, Wnt
related to Gastrulation in vitro · 10
Gastrulation → BMP4, Embryonic, Embryonic Organoids, ESCs, Finally, Gastruloids, However, There, These, To
related to Germ layer determination · 10
Gastrulation → BMP4, Cer1, During, Formation, Furthermore, Koller's, Lefty1, The, This, To
related to Gastrula layers · 8
Gastrulation → Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Each, In, Sponges, The, These, This
related to Model systems · 8
Gastrulation → Bilateria, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Furthermore, In, Model, The, There
related to Etymology · 7
Gastrulation → Ancient Greek, Biology, Calcareous Sponges, Ernst Haeckel, Gastrula, Latin, The
related to Basic cell movements · 5
Gastrulation → Although, Invagination, Inward, Migration, The

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embryo endoderm isbn cells cell signaling development formation primitive streak mesoderm epiblast layers germ ectoderm nodal blastula gastrula blastopore deuterostomes

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GastrulationMeSHD0542621.00infobox
Gastrulationis astage in the early embryonic development of most animals0.90text
muscleinstance ofsuch as the liver and pancreas.The mesoderm gives rise to many cell types0.80text
boneinstance ofsuch as the liver and pancreas.The mesoderm gives rise to many cell types0.80text
and connective tissueinstance ofsuch as the liver and pancreas.The mesoderm gives rise to many cell types0.80text
Wntinstance ofOther signals0.80text
BMP also play a role in respiratory fate of the Xenopus by activating cell lineage tracersinstance ofOther signals0.80text
Hoxb1instance ofRA signaling also induce homeobox genes0.80text
Hoxa5instance ofRA signaling also induce homeobox genes0.80text
symmetry-breakinginstance ofare able to show a number of processes of early mammalian embryo development0.80text
polarisation of gene expressioninstance ofare able to show a number of processes of early mammalian embryo development0.80text
gastrulation-like movementsinstance ofare able to show a number of processes of early mammalian embryo development0.80text

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