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Segmentation and Compartments in the Vertebrate Embryo

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Formation and Differentiation of Early Embryonic Mesoderm

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Knowledge of segmentation and compartments in the vertebrate embryo is important because it is fundamental to understanding the basic vertebrate body plan (Lawrence, 1990). Understanding the development of the rostrocaudal (vertebral) axis is also of primary importance as it is the structure around which the rest of the embryo is built (de Robertis et al., 1990). Consequently, over the past few years, we have concerned ourselves with studying the development of segmentation and compartments along the rostrocaudal axis using the chick embryo as our animal model.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7, Edmonton Alberta

    Keith M. Bagnall

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  2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Esmond J. Sanders

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    James W. Lash

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Bagnall, K.M. (1992). Segmentation and Compartments in the Vertebrate Embryo. In: Bellairs, R., Sanders, E.J., Lash, J.W. (eds) Formation and Differentiation of Early Embryonic Mesoderm. NATO ASI Series, vol 231. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3458-7_12

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