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Cell Movements in the Egg Cylinder Stage Mouse Embryo

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Mouse Development

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 55))

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Embryonic development does not simply consist of the growth of a preformed miniature foetus or “homunculus”. It is a tremendously dynamic process, characterised by a great deal of cell movement and tissue rearrangement. For example, during embryogenesis the forming heart starts “ahead” of the forming brain and only comes to lie in its more familiar position with respect to the brain following extensive tissue movements. This chapter looks at the movement of the anterior visceral endoderm, a signalling centre in the early embryo that is responsible for the correct orientation of the anterior–posterior axis.

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  1. Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK

    Bradley Joyce & Shankar Srinivas

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Joyce, B., Srinivas, S. (2012). Cell Movements in the Egg Cylinder Stage Mouse Embryo. In: Kubiak, J. (eds) Mouse Development. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30406-4_12

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