Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formation of the embryonic neural plate and its transformation into the neural tube.
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- noun embryology The process by which the beginnings of the
vertebrate nervous system is formed inembryos .
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Examples
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The next stage in the embryo’s origami is called neurulation.
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The next stage in the embryo’s origami is called neurulation.
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It seems both you and Josh Rosenau are purposely avoiding the central point that embryos are dramatically different during the gasturlation and/or neurulation stages depending on the organism, which precedes the pharyngular stage.
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It seems both you and Josh Rosenau are purposely avoiding the central point that embryos are dramatically different during the gasturlation and/or neurulation stages depending on the organism, which precedes the pharyngular stage.
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Gastrulation and neurulation are accomplished early in development and they affect the whole shape of the embryo.
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You can easily see how this invagination could be a useful move in inflating origami, and it does indeed play a major role in both gastrulation and neurulation.
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The major landmarks before this period are gastrulation, when major tissue layers are established, and neurulation, when the neural tube forms.
Jonathan Wells gets everything wrong, again - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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It is not an accurate representation of neurulation.
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It is not an accurate representation of neurulation.
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In neurulation, as in gastrulation, invagination is much in evidence.
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