| Name: | vertebra |
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| Synonyms: | vertebrae |
| Definition: | All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189] |
| Name: | regionalization |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The pattern specification process that results in the subdivision of an axis or axes in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0003002] QuickGO AmiGO |