Staged defined by the formation of a tube from the flat layer of ectodermal cells known as the neural plate. This will give rise to the central nervous system. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0001841 ]
Term information
- MmusDv:0000017
- HsapDv:0000012
- BILS:0000110
- XAO:1000006
- BilaDO:0000009
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/343
https://github.com/obophenotype/developmental-stage-ontologies/issues/84
In zebrafish, the times of neurulation and segmentation overlap so extensively there is no distinct neurula period of development, such as occurs largely before segmentation in amphibian embryos.
Term relations
- occurrent
- life cycle stage
- simultaneous with some neural tube formation
- only in taxon some Eumetazoa
- part of some embryo stage
- preceded by some gastrula stage