Cellular mechanisms of frontal bone development in spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus).

Alyssa EnnyAnusha ShanabagAndrew W ThompsonBrett RacicotIngo BraaschTetsuya Nakamura

Published in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2021)

This study highlights the process of frontal bone formation with dynamic architectural changes of mesenchymal cells in spotted gar, an emerging non-teleost fish model system, illuminating supposedly ancestral and likely conserved developmental mechanisms of skull bone formation among vertebrates.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
functional connectivity
working memory
cell cycle arrest
bone marrow
transcription factor
bone mineral density
cell death
oxidative stress
soft tissue
cell proliferation
postmenopausal women
bone loss
body composition