A complex and coordinated series of cellular movements that occurs at the end of cleavage during embryonic development of most animals. The details of gastrulation vary from species to species, but usually result in the formation of the three primary germ layers, ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. [ GOC:curators https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A9780878933846 ]
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goslim_drosophila
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- embryonic morphogenesis
- has part some endoderm formation
- has part some ectoderm formation
- has part some mesoderm formation
- epithelial cell morphogenesis involved in gastrulation
- cell migration involved in gastrulation
- convergent extension involved in gastrulation
- formation of primary germ layer
- mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation
- mesendoderm migration
- cell-cell adhesion involved in gastrulation