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  • noun developmental biology, neurology A temporarily divided segment of the developing neural tube, within the hindbrain region

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rhombo- + -mere

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  • The HOX-B 2 gene is expressed in rhombomere 4, the HOX-B 3 gene in rhombomeres 5 and 6 and the HOX-B 4 gene in rhombomeres 7 and 8.

    Consequences of the Discoveries 1995

  • In addition, the Pax6 homozygous mutant hindbrain showed that Cyp26b1 expression was lacked in the dorsal and ventrolateral regions of rhombomeres 5 and 6, and that the size of rhombomere 5 expanded rostrocaudally.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Keiko Numayama-Tsuruta 2010

  • Scale bar: 250 µm. hb, hindbrain; dd; dorsal diencephalon; t, telencephalon; r3, rhombomere 3; r5, rhombomere 5; fmb, forebrain-midbrain boundary; os, optic stalk; mhb, midbrain-hindbrain boundary; oc, otic capsule; sn, spinal chord neurons. rpl11 deficiency leads to misregulated expression of transcription factors

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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