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- Title
Segmental patterning of the vertebrate embryonic axis.
- Authors
Dequéant, Mary-Lee; Pourquié, Olivier
- Abstract
The body axis of vertebrates is composed of a serial repetition of similar anatomical modules that are called segments or metameres. This particular mode of organization is especially conspicuous at the level of the periodic arrangement of vertebrae in the spine. The segmental pattern is established during embryogenesis when the somites--the embryonic segments of vertebrates--are rhythmically produced from the paraxial mesoderm. This process involves the segmentation clock, which is a travelling oscillator that interacts with a maturation wave called the wavefront to produce the periodic series of somites. Here, we review our current understanding of the segmentation process in vertebrates.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Genetics, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 5, p370
- ISSN
1471-0064
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrg2320