Henry Westmacott

Choreographed morphogenetic events underlie early foregut development in the mouse embryo

Between embryonic days 7.5 and 8.5, the mouse embryo undergoes a dramatic rearrangement of its entire anterior, a process known as ventral folding: the near-simultaneous morphogenesis of the cardiac crescent, cranial headfolds, and anterior foregut that together establish the antero-ventral body plan. While cardiac mor...