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Gastrulation in Drosophila: the formation of the ventral furrow and posterior midgut invaginations.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 1991
Sweeton D, Parks S, Costa M, Wieschaus E
Abstract excerpt
The ventral furrow and posterior midgut invaginations bring mesodermal and endodermal precursor cells into the interior of the Drosophila embryo during gastrulation. Both invaginations proceed through a similar sequence of rapid cell shape changes, which include apical flattening, constriction of the apical diameter, cell elongation and subsequent shortening. Based on the time course of apical constriction in the...
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