Relating to or located in both the back and front parts of an organism or structure.
From Latin dorsum (back) + anterior (front). Combines opposing directional descriptors to locate structures in the dorsal-anterior region. Used in embryology and comparative anatomy.
In embryology, dorsoanteriortissues form some of the most important early structures because they're influenced by both the back-forming and front-forming signals happening during development!
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