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neuromere
- Term ID
- UBERON:0004731
- Synonyms
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- 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)
- References
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- TAO:0001328
- ZFA:0001328
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromere
- nlx:147842
- Ontology
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