Nematode gastrulation: having a BLASTocoel!

TitleNematode gastrulation: having a BLASTocoel!
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsJoshi PM, Rothman JH
JournalCurr Biol
Volume15
Issue13
PaginationR495-8
Date Published2005 Jul 12
ISSN0960-9822
KeywordsAnimals, Caenorhabditis elegans, Cell Movement, Embryonic Development, Gastrula, Models, Biological, Phylogeny, Species Specificity
Abstract

During gastrulation of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, individual cells ingress into a solid ball of cells. Gastrulation in a basal nematode, in contrast, has now been found to occur by invagination into a blastocoel, revealing an unanticipated embryological affinity between nematodes and all other triploblastic metazoans.

DOI10.1016/j.cub.2005.06.030
Alternate JournalCurr. Biol.
PubMed ID16005279