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Cross-sectional animation of the early development of a sea urchin embryo, where yellow = ectoderm, orange = endoderm, red = primary mesenchyme cells and skeleton, and orange "dots" = secondary mesenchyme cells. |
invaginate(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: verb
verb forms: invaginates, invaginated, invaginating - Definition: to infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula
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2. Invagination forms the archenteron and continues until the archenteron makes contact with the opposite end of the blastula. - Related Word: invagination (noun)
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