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  2. Ridge (biology) - Wikipedia

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    According to Eichler and Sankoff the two mean processes in eukaryotic chromosome evolution are 1) rearrangements of chromosomal segments and 2) localized duplication of genes. Clustering could be explained by reasoning that all genes in a cluster are originated from tandem duplicates of a common ancestor.

  3. Zone of polarizing activity - Wikipedia

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    The zone of polarizing activity (ZPA) is an area of mesenchyme that contains signals which instruct the developing limb bud to form along the anterior/posterior axis. Limb bud is undifferentiated mesenchyme enclosed by an ectoderm covering.

  4. Apical ectodermal ridge - Wikipedia

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    The apical ectodermal ridge (AER) is a structure that forms from the ectodermal cells at the distal end of each limb bud and acts as a major signaling center to ensure proper development of a limb. After the limb bud induces AER formation, the AER and limb mesenchyme —including the zone of polarizing activity (ZPA)—continue to communicate ...

  5. Ridge - Wikipedia

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    A strike ridge is an asymmetric ridge created by the differential erosion of a hard, erosion-resistant, dipping layer of rock sandwiched between layers of weaker, more easily eroded rock. A strike ridge has a distinctly gentler sloping side (dip slope), that roughly parallels the inclined layer of erosion-resistant rock.

  6. Ridge (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Ridge (biology), a domain of the genome with a high gene expression; Ridge (meteorology), an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure; Ridge detection, an image descriptor for capturing elongated objects that are brighter than their surrounding

  7. Genital ridge - Wikipedia

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    In mice, the genital ridge houses the transcript for SRY, the Y-chromosomal gene responsible for sex determination in mammals. The urogenital ridge is made up of the gonadal anlage and the mesonephros. The mesonephros is involved in the development of the testis, but its role is in differentiation, and not determination. This is indicated by ...

  8. Carina of trachea - Wikipedia

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    The carina is a cartilaginous ridge separating the left and right main bronchi that is formed by the inferior-ward and posterior-ward prolongation of the inferior-most tracheal cartilage. [ 2 ] The carina occurs at the lower end of the trachea - usually at the level of the 4th to 5th thoracic vertebra .

  9. Brow ridge - Wikipedia

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    The brow ridges are often not well expressed in human females, as pictured above in a female skull, and are most easily seen in profile. The brow ridge, or supraorbital ridge known as superciliary arch in medicine, is a bony ridge located above the eye sockets of all primates and some other animals.