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The gon-1 gene is required for gonadal morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Developmental biology - 1 Dec 1999
Blelloch R, Anna-Arriola S S, Gao D, Li Y, Hodgkin J, Kimble J
Abstract excerpt
In wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans, the gonad is a complex epithelial tube that consists of long arms composed predominantly of germline tissue as well as somatic structures specialized for particular reproductive functions. In gon-1 mutants, the adult gonad is severely disorganized with essentially no arm extension and no recognizable somatic structure. The developmental defects in gon-1 mutants are limited to...
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