Somites are a source of nephron progenitors in zebrafish
Abstract For over a century it has been believed that the vertebrate kidney arises exclusively from the intermediate mesoderm. Here, we overturn this paradigm by demonstrating that some nephrons, the functional units of the kidney, originate from the somites— blocks of paraxial mesoderm best known f...
| Published in: | Nature Communications |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62259-y |