The formation of the flat, thickened layer of ectodermal cells known as the neural plate. The underlying dorsal mesoderm signals the ectodermal cells above it to elongate into columnar neural plate cells. The neural plate subsequently develops into the neural tube, which gives rise to the central nervous system. [ GOC:cls GOC:dgh http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0878932437 GOC:dph GOC:jid http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15806586 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0878932585 ]
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- anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis and results in formation of some neural plate