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(a–c) The cartoon shows folding of the embryonic disc, and is based on Tuchmann et al. (1971). Red, ectoderm; blue, mesoderm; green, endoderm; sm, stomatopharyngeal membrane; cm, cloacal membrane; h, heart; li, liver and arrows, edge of the embryonic disc, or ‘navel’.
