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neuromere

Term ID
UBERON:0004731
Synonyms
  • neural metamere
  • neural segment
  • neural tube metameric segment
  • neural tube segment
  • neuromere
  • neuromeres
Definition
A transverse unitary subdivision of the neural tube that shares a common dorsoventral structure (floor, basal, alar, and roof plates), but each having differential molecular identities and fates; they comprise the secondary prosencephalon, diencephalon (prosomeres), the midbrain (mesomeres), and the hindbrain (rhombomeres). (2)
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