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Interactions between muscle fibers and segment boundaries in zebrafish.
Developmental biology - 15 Nov 2005
Henry Clarissa A, McNulty Ian M, Durst Wendy A, Munchel Sarah E, Amacher Sharon L
Abstract excerpt
The most obvious segmental structures in the vertebrate embryo are somites: transient structures that give rise to vertebrae and much of the musculature. In zebrafish, most somitic cells give rise to long muscle fibers that are anchored to intersegmental boundaries. Therefore, this boundary is analogous to the mammalian tendon in that it transduces muscle-generated force to the skeletal system. We have...
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