gastrula
IPA: gæstrʌɫʌ
noun
- (embryology) A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
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Examples of "gastrula" in Sentences
- Coelom formation begins in the gastrula stage.
- Stages like blastula gastrula are not described.
- Vertebrate animals all differentiate from the gastrula the same way.
- In the early gastrula, most of the tissue in the embryo is not determined.
- From gastrula to pluteus stages the skeleton grows in both size and complexity.
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