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The primitive streak.

Anatomy and embryology ·Vol. 174 ·No. 1 ·1986-00-00 ·Pages 1-14

Bellairs R

Abstract

The emphasis of this review is on the primitive streak of the chick embryo, collated with such information as is available on the mouse embryo. Little modern work has been published on any reptile primitive streak. The following topics are considered: evolutionary significance; formation of the primitive streak; ingression and de-epithelialisation; the basal lamina; migration from the primitive streak of the endoderm and mesoderm; the role of the extracellular matrix; changes in cell adhesiveness; regression of the primitive streak and its role in body patterning; the primitive streak and induction.

MeSH Terms
Animals Basement Membrane/cytology,embryology Biological Evolution Cell Adhesion Cell Movement Chick Embryo Ectoderm/cytology,physiology Embryonic Induction Epithelial Cells Epithelium/embryology Gastrula/cytology,physiology Mesoderm/cytology,physiology Mice Rabbits Species Specificity
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Bellairs R
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Article Info
Journal
Anatomy and embryology
Abbr.
Anat Embryol (Berl)
ISSN
0340-2061
DOI
10.1007/BF00318331
Published
1986-00-00
Pages
1-14
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
7505194
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00318331
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