neuromere

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ -mere

Noun

neuromere (plural neuromeres)

1. A morphologically or molecularly defined transient segment of the early developing brain.
   • 2004, Carstens M. H., “Neural tube programming and craniofacial cleft formation. I. The neuromeric organization of the head and neck”, in European journal of paediatric neurology, →DOI:

     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.

Hyponyms

• mesomere
• prosomere
• rhombomere