Somitogenesis, Part I (Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 47) (Current Topics in Developmental Biology)
Contributors: Charles P. Ordahl (Editor); Roger A. Pedersen (Series Editor); Gerald P. Schatten (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780121531478
Subjects: Cellular development; Developmental Biology; Genetics (non-medical); Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Science / Developmental Biology; Life Sciences - Cytology; Morphogenesis; Somite; Somites; physiology
First sentence: The orientation of the anterior (rostral)-posterior (caudal) embryonic axis of higher vertebrates is delineated first during gastrulation by the posterior localization of the primitive streak and later during neurulation by the formation of the neuraxis and the notochord in the midline.