• Thumbnail for Apical ectodermal ridge
    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...
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    different genes, signals, and a unique region of ectoderm called the apical ectodermal ridge (AER). Research by Saunders and Gasseling in 1948 identified the...
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    be a result of a wedge-shaped defect of the apical ectoderm of the limb bud (AER: apical ectodermal ridge). Polydactyly, syndactyly and cleft hand can...
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  • Thumbnail for Ectrodactyly–ectodermal dysplasia–cleft syndrome
    between specialized ectodermal cells and the underlying mesoderm. Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions between the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and the underlying...
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    anemia and TAR syndrome.Other possible causes are an injury to the apical ectodermal ridge during upper limb development, intrauterine compression, or maternal...
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  • develop. Saunders researched the vertebrate limb and studied the apical ectodermal ridge (AER). This research was critical in recognizing growth factors...
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  • and positive feedback retention of two signaling regions: the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and the zone of polarizing activity (ZPA) with the mesenchymal...
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    lacrimal gland, tarsal glands, and the conjunctiva of the eye The apical ectodermal ridge, which induces the development of the limb buds of the embryo List...
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    Poland syndrome. Abnormality of an embryonic structure called the apical ectodermal ridge, which helps direct early limb development, may also be involved...
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  • eventually becomes an apical ectodermal cap (AEC) that forms on the tip of the stump. This is similar to the embryonic apical ectodermal ridge, which forms during...
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