Branchiomerism


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Bran`chi`om´er`ism


n. 1. (Anat.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Since, unlike the vertebrate body, the lancelet body has no mesenchymal populations or placodal development in the branchial region (Meulemans and Broner-Fraser, 2007) to mediate interactions between the myomeric dorsal half and branchial ventral half, the branchiomerism does not affect the innervation pattern.
Dynamic modification of oral innervation during metamorphosis in Branchiostoma belcheri, the oriental lancelet
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