Blue = ectoderm
Green = neural ectoderm
White = yolk
A
P
(dorsal view)
The primitive streak extends by convergent extension from the
posterior to anterior pole. A depression forms along the primitive
streak called the primitive groove. Cells
undergo epithelial-mesenchymal
transformation as they
migrate through the
primitive groove into the
blastocoel.
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