A multi-cell, multi-scale model of vertebrate segmentation and somite formation.

Somitogenesis, the formation of the body's primary segmental structure common to all vertebrate development, requires coordination between biological mechanisms at several scales. Explaining how these mechanisms interact across scales and how events are coordinated in space and time is necessar...

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Main Authors: Susan D Hester, Julio M Belmonte, J Scott Gens, Sherry G Clendenon, James A Glazier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3188485?pdf=render