primitive streak formation

id: GO:0090009
name: primitive streak formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The developmental process pertaining to the initial formation of the primitive streak from unspecified parts. The primitive streak is a ridge of cells running along the midline of the embryo where the mesoderm ingresses. It defines the anterior-posterior axis.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0048646anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis