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By the end of gastrulation, the embryo has taken on an ovoid shape elongated in the antero posterior axis (Fig. 18).
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Bernardini, G., Prati, M., Bonetti, E., Scarì, G. (1999). Neurulation. In: Atlas of Xenopus Development. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2905-7_6
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