handheldcomputer.de: Initiation of neural induction by FGF signalling before gastrulation.

Nature. , Vol. 406, No. 6791. (6 July 2000), pp. 74-78. During neural induction, the 'organizer' of the vertebrate embryo instructs neighbouring ectodermal cells to become nervous system rather than epidermis. This process is generally thought to occur around the mid-gastrula stage of embryogenesis. ...

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