Neuromere

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A morphologically or molecularly defined transient segment of the early developing brain.

    "Certain genes or combinations of genes express products only in a particular zone. The anatomic extent of these protein products constitutes the domain of the neuromere."

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"Certain genes or combinations of genes express products only in a particular zone. The anatomic extent of these protein products constitutes the domain of the neuromere."

Etymology

From neuro- + -mere.

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