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Formation of the specialized region of the embryonic shield of the embryo that acts as the main signaling center establishing the teleost body plan. Formation of the specialized region at the dorsal lip of the blatopore of the embryo that acts as the main signaling center establishing the vertebrate body plan. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition. Formation of the specialized region at the anterior end of the primitive streak of the embryo that acts as the main signaling center establishing the body plan. The developmental process pertaining to the initial formation of an anatomical structure from unspecified parts. This process begins with the specific processes that contribute to the appearance of the discrete structure and ends when the structural rudiment is recognizable. An anatomical structure is any biological entity that occupies space and is distinguished from its surroundings. Anatomical structures can be macroscopic such as a carpel, or microscopic such as an acrosome. Signaling at long or short range between cells that results in the commitment of a cell to a certain fate. Signaling at short range between cells or tissues of different ancestry and developmental potential that results in one cell or tissue effecting a developmental change in the other. The process by which anatomical structures are generated and organized. Morphogenesis pertains to the creation of form. Formation of the specialized region on the dorsalmost side of the embryo that acts as the main signaling center establishing the vertebrate body plan.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: Spemann organizer formation
Acc: GO:0060061
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Formation of the specialized region on the dorsalmost side of the embryo that acts as the main signaling center establishing the vertebrate body plan.
Synonyms:
  • Spemann-Mangold organizer formation
  • Spemann's organizer formation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 5 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 7 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0060061 - Spemann organizer formation (interactive image map)
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