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Myogenic specification in somites: induction by axial structures.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 1994
Buffinger N, Stockdale F E
Abstract excerpt
Specification of the myogenic phenotype in somites was examined in the early chick embryo using organotypic explant cultures stained with monoclonal antibodies to myosin heavy chain. It was found that myogenic specification (formation of muscle fibers in explants of somites or segmental plates cultured alone) does not occur until Hamburger and Hamilton stage 11 (12-14 somites). At this stage, only the somites in...
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