germ-band shortening
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.
GO:0048598
embryonic morphogenesis
is_a
GO:0001700
embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm
part_of
germ-band retraction
exact