Somitic origin of the medial border of the mammalian scapula and its homology to the avian scapula blade

Abstract

This work proved the somitic origin of the medial border of the mammalian scapula and its homology to the avian scapula blade, by using mouse transgenic lines Pax3-Cre and Wnt1-Cre.

Keywords

• Somite
• scapula
• homology
• Pax3
• Wnt1
• neural crest