The process of vertebrate somitogenesis is central to embryonic development, where regularly spaced segments called somites emerge sequentially from the presomitic mesoderm. This segmentation ...

Left–right (L–R) asymmetry is required for normal development, but how can symmetry arise in an embryo with L–R polarity? Three groups independently show that symmetry in the somites — which give rise ...

Somitogenesis is the process by which somites are formed during embryogenesis. Somitomeres are formed first, which are essentially segmented blocks of tissue that differentiate to form the skeletal ...

The role of fibroblast growth factor in the embryonic process of somitogenesis, an event required for vertebrae formation, has been demonstrated. The team successfully characterized and verified the ...

The Stowers Institute’s Pourquié Lab has demonstrated the role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in the embryonic process of somitogenesis, an event required for vertebrae formation, in a paper posted ...

CINCINNATI - Scientists exploring how to tame random gene fluctuations as the embryos that become our bodies start to form have identified a control switch in the vertebrate segmentation clock of ...