Somites in Developing Embryos

by Ruth Bellairs

Somite development is a unique and important topic; unique because somitic mesoderm is the first tissue to become segmented, important because the somites - once established - exert a profound influence on other seg- mental structures which form later. Somite development is of interest at a number of levels. In one aspect, demarcation of a specific number of somites and size regulation, it is a particularly intriguing example of embryonic pattern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489920153
• ISBN13: 9781489920157
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"