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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Nov 25;127:37–45. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.11.010

Figure 1 – Neuromesodermal progenitors generate spinal cord and mesoderm after gastrulation.

Figure 1 –

Vertebrate embryos (here is shown a zebrafish embryo) contain NMPs (yellow) in the tailbud which generate spinal cord (purple) and mesodermal progenitors (pink). The mesoderm will differentiate into somites (red) and vascular endothelium (green). The process of mesoderm induction from NMPs occurs continuously (arrows) over the course of axial extension until the NMPs are depleted. The red boxed region of the inset embryo represents the area depicted in the schematics.