- mediolateral intercalation
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ordered cellular repacking along the mediolateral axis by interdigitations of deep cells during the gastrula and early segmentation periods producing convergence and extension
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
mediolateral intercalation
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Convergent extension — Convergent extension, or Convergence and Extension, is the process by which the tissue of an embryo is restructured to converge (narrow) along one axis and extend (elongate) along a perpendicular axis by cellular movement. An example of this… … Wikipedia
