Rauber's sickle generates only extraembryonic tissues (junctional- and sickle endoblast), and, by positional information, organizes and dominates the whole avian blastoderm (gastrulation, neurulation and blood island formation)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-59

  Callebaut, Marc ^a   Van Nueten, Emmy ^a   Bortier, Hilde ^a   Harrisson, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian blastoderm; Blood island formation; Gastrulation; Junctional endoblast; Neurulation; Positional information; Rauber's sickle; Sickle endoblast

Indexed keywords

BIRD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0345134770     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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