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somatopleure

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A structure created during embryogenesis when the lateral mesoderm splits into two layers - the outer (or somatic) layer becomes applied to the inner surface of the ectoderm, and with it forms the somatopleure.[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatopleure ]

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UBPROP 0000011

Gives rise to the paired appendages in jawed vertebrates. a persistent somatopleure through the redistribution and expansion of the lateral plate mesoderm is a synapomorphy for gnathostomes and a critical step in generating a novel developmental module with dramatic evolutionary potentia (Tulenko et al. 2012) http://burkelab.research.wesleyan.edu/current-projects/lamprey/

UBPROP 0000012

sources differ as to whether this is part-of or develops-from the LPM

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UBERON:0004874

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somatopleure