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subdivision of organism along appendicular axis

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A major subdivision of an organism that divides an organism along an axis perpedicular to the main body anterior-posterior axis. In vertebrates, this is typically a fin or limb segment. In insects, this includes segments of appendages such as antennae, as well as segments of the insect leg.

Reference

  1. Haendel MA., Balhoff JP., Bastian FB., Blackburn DC., Blake JA., Bradford Y. et al. 2014 Unification of multi-species vertebrate anatomy ontologies for comparative biology in Uberon. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. Vol. 5, (1) p. 21. doi: 10.1186/2041-1480-5-21
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
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subdivision of organism along appendicular axis

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organism subdivision

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multi-limb segment region
subdivision of organism along appendicular axis
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subdivision of organism along appendicular axis

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[1215]

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010758

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Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2026-02-26
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