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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The formation of the embryonic neural plate and its transformation into the neural tube.

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  • noun embryology The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos.

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Examples

  • The next stage in the embryo’s origami is called neurulation.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • The next stage in the embryo’s origami is called neurulation.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • It seems both you and Josh Rosenau are purposely avoiding the central point that embryos are dramatically different during the gasturlation and/or neurulation stages depending on the organism, which precedes the pharyngular stage.

    A bit more on Haeckel - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • It seems both you and Josh Rosenau are purposely avoiding the central point that embryos are dramatically different during the gasturlation and/or neurulation stages depending on the organism, which precedes the pharyngular stage.

    A bit more on Haeckel - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Gastrulation and neurulation are accomplished early in development and they affect the whole shape of the embryo.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • You can easily see how this invagination could be a useful move in inflating origami, and it does indeed play a major role in both gastrulation and neurulation.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • The major landmarks before this period are gastrulation, when major tissue layers are established, and neurulation, when the neural tube forms.

    Jonathan Wells gets everything wrong, again - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • It is not an accurate representation of neurulation.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • It is not an accurate representation of neurulation.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • In neurulation, as in gastrulation, invagination is much in evidence.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

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