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Segmentation (biology)

Segmentation in biology is the division of some animal and plant body plans into a linear series of repetitive segments that may or may not be interconnected to each other. This article focuses on the segmentation of animal body plans, specifically using the examples of the taxa Arthropoda, Chordata, and Annelida. These three groups form segments by…

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Segmentation (biology)

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segmentation body segments arthropods segmented annelids vertebrates gene expression define different zebrafish drosophila cells embryo defined within taxa animal leech

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the fruit fly form segments from a field of equivalent cells based on transcription factor gradientsinstance ofArthropods0.80text
the leech use smaller blast cells budded off from large teloblast cells to define segments.ArthropodsAlthough Drosophila segmentation is not representative of the arthropod phylum in generalinstance ofAnnelids0.80text
it is the most highly studiedinstance ofAnnelids0.80text
zebrafish do not require retinoic acid repression of caudal Fgf8 for somitogenesis due to differences in gastrulationinstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
neuromesodermal progenitor function compared to higher vertebrates.Other taxaIn other taxainstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
there is some evidence of segmentation in some organsinstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
but this segmentation is not pervasive to the full list of organs mentioned above for arthropodsinstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
annelidsinstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
neuromesodermal progenitor function compared to higher vertebratesinstance ofLower vertebrates0.80text
annelids or arthropodsinstance ofcan be seen as 'precursors' to eusegmented organisms0.80text

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