germ-band shortening

id: GO:0007390
name: germ-band shortening
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The spreading of the amnioserosa from its compressed state to cover the whole of the dorsal surface. Initiating in the thorax and spreading posteriorly, it is accompanied by the transition from a parasegmental to segmental division of the embryo.

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