DORSAL LIP


Meaning of DORSAL LIP in English

noun

: the margin of the fold of blastula wall that delineates the dorsal limit of the blastopore in the gastrulating amphibian embryo or corresponds to this in other vertebrate embryos and that constitutes the primary organizer, is essential to the formation of neural tissue, and forms the point of origin of chordamesoderm

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