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The migration of individual cells within the blastocyst to help establish the multi-layered body plan of the organism (gastrulation). For example, the migration of cells from the surface to the interior of the embryo (ingression). The process that gives rise to the mesoderm. This process pertains to the initial formation of the structure from unspecified parts. A complex and coordinated series of cellular movements that occurs at the end of cleavage during embryonic development of most animals. The details of gastrulation vary from species to species, but usually result in the formation of the three primary germ layers, ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. The orderly movement of mesodermal cells from one site to another. The migration of mesodermal cells during gastrulation to help establish the multilayered body plan of the organism. Cell migration that is accomplished by extension and retraction of a pseudopodium. The process by which the population of cells that make up a tissue undergo directed movement.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: mesodermal cell migration
Acc: GO:0008078
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The orderly movement of mesodermal cells from one site to another.
Synonyms:
  • mesoderm cell migration
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 59 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 59 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0008078 - mesodermal cell migration (interactive image map)
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