Article
Hopf bifurcation in the presomitic mesoderm during the mouse segmentation.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Jul 2009
González Aitor, Kageyama Ryoichiro
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrae and ribs arise from embryonic tissues called somites. Somites arise sequentially from the unsegmented embryo tail, called presomitic mesoderm (PSM). The pace of somite formation is controlled by gene products such as hairy and enhancer of split 7 (Hes7) whose expression oscillates in the PSM. In addition to the cyclic genes, there is a gradient of fibroblast growth factor 8 (Fgf8) mRNA from posterior to...
Topics
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Computer Simulation
- Down-Regulation
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
- Mesoderm
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Phenotype
