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Category:GO:0007390 ! germ-band shortening
name: germ-band shortening
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GOC:bf, PMID:12147138]
synonym: "germ-band retraction" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0048598 ! embryonic morphogenesis
relationship: part_of: GO:0001700 ! embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0007390</GOterm>
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