...Tobias Langenberg; Michael Brand The vertebrate hindbrain is subdivided into segments, termed neuromeres,that are units of gene expression, cell differentiation and behavior. A key property of such segments is that cells show a restricted ability to mix across segment borders – termed lineage...

... the amphioxus has no neuromeres, an understanding of Pax6 expression in the agnathans is crucial for an insight into the origin of neuromerism in the vertebrates. We have isolated a single cognate cDNA of the Pax6 gene, LjPax6 , from a Lampetra japonica cDNA library and observed the pattern of its expression...

... Neuromeres Telencephalon Cortico-striatal boundary Mouse Compartmentalisation is one of the conserved morphogenetic strategies of multicellular organisms to pattern and maintain their body structures (for review, see Dahmann and Basler, 1999 ). In the development of the vertebrate central nervous...

... and Keynes, 1989 ; Wilkinson et al . 1989 ). Fig. 16 indicates the correspondence that can be established between our ectodermal segments and the rhombomeres (see Vaage, 1969 ). This is of particular interest since the neuromeric métamérisation of the hindbrain seems to be genetically determined...

...Fiona Tuckett; Gillian M. Morriss-Kay ABSTRACT The morphogenesis of rhombomeres (neuromeres) caudal to the preotic sulcus during neurulation in rat embryos is described. A model is proposed to explain the development of the characteristic neuromeric sulci and interneuromeric gyri based...

...Fiona Tuckett; Lynette Lim; Gillian M. Morriss-Kay ABSTRACT The development of the cranial neuromeres, rostral to the level of the first somite, in rat embryos during neurulation is described. Examination of scanning electron micrographs of 4-, 8-, 12- and 16-somite-stage embryos has shown...