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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Trevor Cameron
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35669 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC developmental biology 20090310
<h4>Background</h4>During vertebrate embryogenesis the initial stages of bone formation by endochondral ossification involve the aggregation and proliferation of mesenchymal cells into condensations. Continued growth of the condensations and differentiation of the mesenchymal cells into chondrocytes results in the formation of cartilage templates, or anlagen, which prefigure the shape of the future bones. The chondrocytes in the anlagen further differentiate by undergoing a complex sequence of m ...[more]