Meaning of epimere | Babel Free

Definitions

One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.

Examples

“Four pairs of the leg epimeres are distinctly divided by a sejugal interval into two groups.”

“The mesoderm next becomes differentiated into three regions: a dorsal region, called the epimere, which lies to each side of the neural tube; a middle region called the mesomere or nephrotome, situated lateral and ventral to the epimere”

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