Reorganization of mammalian body wall patterning with cloacal septation

Abstract Septation of the cloaca is a unique mammalian adaptation that required a novel reorganization of the perineum–the caudal portion of the trunk body wall not associated with the hindlimb. Fish, the basal vertebrates, separate ventrolateral body wall musculature of the trunk into two discrete...

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Main Authors: Margaret I. Hall, José R. Rodriguez-Sosa, Jeffrey H. Plochocki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09359-y