mitotic domain A [FBbt_00000086]
At blastoderm, prior to elongation, domain A is a wide band of cells straddling the dorsal midline and spanning the length of the germ band. Germ band elongation buckles and folds this domain. This domain becomes the amnioserosa.
mitotic domain A
ID: FBbt_00000086
Anatomy
At blastoderm, prior to elongation, domain A is a wide band of cells straddling the dorsal midline and spanning the length of the germ band. Germ band elongation buckles and folds this domain. This domain becomes the amnioserosa.
See figure 1 of Foe (1989) for an atlas of mitotic domains.
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