Editing Neural plate (section)

===Cell grafting===
Cell grafting in the early stages of embryo development has provided crucial information on [[Cell fate determination|cell fates]] and the processes of determination.  Grafting at specific stages of neurulation has advanced research on the signaling necessary for the proper development of the neural plate and other structures.  The grafting of the ectoderm and neural structures is very specialized and delicate procedure, requiring the removal and marking of a desired group of cells, followed by their transplantation, for example, into a new area of the embryo.<ref name=Tan>{{cite journal|last=Tan|first=SS|title=Analysis of cranial neural crest cell migration and early fates in postimplantation rat chimaeras|journal=J. Embryol|year=1986|volume=98|issue=1|pages=21–58|pmid=3655649|url=http://dev.biologists.org/content/98/1/21.long|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>

Grafting experiments done in ''Xenopus'' and chicken embryos show the neural plate's capability to induce other regions of cells, including the pre-placodal region, a group of ectodermal cells essential to the function of sensory organs.<ref name=Schatten>{{cite journal|last=Bailey|first=Andrew P.|author2=Andrea Streit|title=Sensory Organs: Making and Breaking the Pre-Placodal Region|journal=Current Topics in Developmental Biology|year=2006|volume=72|page=177|doi=10.1016/s0070-2153(05)72003-2|pmid=16564335|isbn=9780121531720}}</ref>