( ( ( The ( spatial ( and ( temporal distribution ) ) ) ) ( of ( ( ( cell ( adhesion molecules ) ) ( -LRB- ( CAMs -RRB- ) ) ) ( during ( hair ( follicle morphogenesis ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( was ( ( ( investigated ( in ( the mutants ) ) ) and ) ( compared ( with ( that ( in ( nonmutant mice ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ spatial) (CC and) (JJ temporal) (NN distribution)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NP (NN cell) (NN adhesion) (NNS molecules)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNP CAMs)) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (PP (IN during) (NP (NN hair) (NN follicle) (NNS morphogenesis)))))) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VP (VBN investigated) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNS mutants)))) (CC and) (VP (VBN compared) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT that)) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ nonmutant) (NNS mice)))))))) (. .)))
The spatial and temporal distribution of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) during hair follicle morphogenesis was investigated in the mutants and compared with that in nonmutant mice.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Cells)) (VP (VB acquire) (NP (JJ different) (NNS identities)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT an) (JJ ordered) (JJ spatial) (NN arrangement)) (PP (IN during) (NP (NNS morphogenesis)))))) (. .)))