GSK-3

Protein that negatively regulates Wnt signaling

ingression

Movement of cells by becoming mesenchymal and internalizing

karyokinesis

Division of nucleus without cellular division

Gurken

Ligand active in the developing Drosophila oocyte that specifies both A/P and D/V axes

notochord

Structure that forms from the chordamesoderm

holoblastic

Cleavage in which entire embryo divides

Pair-rule

Type of patterning gene that is expressed in alternate segments in Drosophila embryo

epithelial

Type of cell with tight associations with surrounding tissue

archenteron

Primitive gut

zona pellucida

Mammalian egg structure that must be removed before implantation

primitive groove

Name for the chick blastopore (not the DLB)

neural tube

Structure induced to form by the notochord

Nanos

Posteriorizing protein in Drosophila embryo

regulative

Type of development that Xenopus embryos undergo (with regard to specification)

BMP-4

Molecule that specifies the ventral side of the amphibian embryo

spina bifida

Failure of the posterior region of the neural tube to close

isolecithal

Type of egg with very little yolk

gray crescent

Region of amphibian embryo opposite site of sperm entry

Cerberus and frz-b

Two Wnt inhibitors that are secreted, extracellular proteins