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| 1. | Paraxial mesoderm is laid down
sequentially |
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retreating primitive streak. |
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| 2. An
oscillation of gene transcription generates |
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| each somite
pair in sequence |
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| 3. This
pulsatile pattern is initiated in the |
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| somite
precursors/presomitic mesoderm. |
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