dorsal closure

id: GO:0007391
name: dorsal closure
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process during Drosophila embryogenesis whereby the ectodermal cells of the lateral epithelium stretch in a coordinated fashion to internalize the amnioserosa cells and close the embryo dorsally.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016331morphogenesis of embryonic epithelium