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#Question id: 7148


What is the relationship between dorso-ventral patterning of the neural tube and patterning of the somites

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. The somites pattern the neural tube after they form.
  2. The neural tube plays the role of organizer in being the sole influence on patterning in the somites
  3. Sonic hedgehog from the notochord and floorplate of the neural tube confers ventral fates on both the neural tube and the somite, while BMPs confer more dorsal fates.
  4. Both the neural tube and the somites acquire their dorso-ventral patterning during gastrulation