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Somites in zebrafish doubly mutant for knypek and trilobite form without internal mesenchymal cells or compaction.
Current biology : CB - 7 Sept 2000
Henry C A, Hall L A, Burr Hille M, Solnica-Krezel L, Cooper M S
Abstract excerpt
In vertebrates, paraxial mesoderm is partitioned into repeating units called somites. It is thought that the mechanical forces arising from compaction of the presumptive internal cells of prospective somites cause them to detach from the unsegmented presomitic mesoderm [1-3]. To determine how prospective somites physically segregate from each other, we used time-lapse microscopy to analyze the mechanics...
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