A segmental morphological paradigm for understanding vertebrate forebrains.
The idea is presented that modern segmental thinking on the forebrain is best conceived of as a scientific paradigm, which is revealing itself to be increasingly advantageous for the interpretation of both causal developmental/genetic data and pitfall-free morphology. Various related or opposed viewpoints are considered briefly, emphasizing their respective assumptions with regard to longitudinal and transverse subdivisions.
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Department of Morphological Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*