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SUBMITTER: Krneta-Stankic V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3086394 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krneta-Stankic Vanja V Sabillo Armbien A Domingo Carmen R CR
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 20100401 4
Somites give rise to the vertebral column and segmented musculature of adult vertebrates. The cell movements that position cells within somites along the anteroposterior and dorsoventral axes are not well understood. Using a fate mapping approach, we show that at the onset of Xenopus laevis gastrulation, mesoderm cells undergo distinct cell movements to form myotome fibers positioned in discrete locations within somites and along the anteroposterior axis. We show that the distribution of presomi ...[more]