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somites

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somites (somīts),
n.pl the paired cuboidal aggregates of cells differentiated from mesoderm that form along the neural tube of the embryo to create the vertebral column and other associated tissues.


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Remarks Presumable synapomorphies among species of Chorocaris and Rimicaris are the following: the tendency of a rostral reduction, nonacuminate antennal tooth of the carapace, nonmarginally dentate posterolateral margin of pleura of fourth and fifth pleonal somites, the presence of a distolateral transverse suture on the antennal scale, and the nonacuminate uropodal protopod.
2002), injecting a CdSe/ZnS micelle (PEG-PE and phosphatidylcholine) conjugated with an oligonucleotide into Xenopus embryos, observed QD labeling of all embryonic cell types, including somites, neurons, axonal tracks, ectoderm, neural crest, and endoderm.
Typically, KFS results from failure of the normal segmentation of the somites during weeks 3 to 8 of gestation.
 
 
 
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