Animals
Segmentation in animals typically falls into three types characteristic of the different phyla: Arthropoda, Vertebrata, and Annelida. The three will be discussed here in using an example from each phyla, drosophila, zebrafish, and leech, respectively. Drosophila form segments from a field of equivalent cells based on transcription factor gradients. Zebrafish, and other vertebrates, use oscillating gene expression to define segments known as somites. Leech embryos, and other annelids, use smaller cells budded off from teloblast cells to define segments.
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