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. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A9780878933846 GOC:curators ]
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goslim_drosophila
Term relations
- embryonic morphogenesis
- has part some endoderm formation
- has part some ectoderm formation
- has part some mesoderm formation