MECHANISM OF GASTRULATION -
- It is most impotant stage of embryonal development, in which single layered blastula converts into 2 or 3 layered gastrula.
- During this stage, rearrangement or migration of blastomeres pressent on the surface of blastrula takes place i.e. differentiation of blastomeres in ectroderm, mesoderm and endoderm occurs during this stage.
- The movements of blastomeres during gastrulation are called Morphogenetic movements or formative movements.
- During the process of gastrulation, each type of blastomere performs a specific movement to meet its proper destiny.
- Most of the deformities of embryo are due to wrong movement and wrong position of blastomeres.
- However, the gastrular movements can be broadly divided into 2 kinds - 1. Epiboly 2. Emboly