Uberon definition : Somites are spheres of epithelial cells that form sequentially along the anterior-posterior
axis of the embryo through mesenchymal to epithelial transition of the presomitic
mesoderm.;
Uberon related term : somites; somitic mesoderm; epithelial somite; epimere mesoderm; epimere;
Uberon broad term : mesodermal cluster;
Uberon Homology note : (...) cephalocordates and craniates belong to a group known as Somitichordata. Somitichordate
synapomorphies include (1) somites (...) (reference 1); The idea that the last common
ancestor of bilaterian animals (Urbilateria) was segmented has been raised recently
on evidence coming from comparative molecular embryology (reference 2).[well established][VHOG];
Somites are spheres of epithelial cells that form sequentially along the anterior-posterior
axis of the embryo through mesenchymal to epithelial transition of the presomitic
mesoderm.