Tag Archives | Archenteron and Alimentary Canal in Vertebrates

The relation between the archenteron and the definitive alimentary canal is very different in vertebrates with complete cleavage from that in vertebrates with incomplete (meroblastic) cleavage. The Relation in Lower Vertebrates: The archenteron in Amphioxus is originally lined with presumptive endoderm, presumptive mesoderm, and presumptive notochordal cells. When the notochord and the mesoderm are segregated from the endoderm, the latter [...]