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Hedgehog signaling patterns the tracheal branches.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2001
Glazer L, Shilo B Z
Abstract excerpt
The elaborate branching pattern of the Drosophila tracheal system originates from ten tracheal placodes on both sides of the embryo, each consisting of about 80 cells. Simultaneous cell migration from each tracheal pit in six different directions gives rise to the stereotyped branching pattern. Each branch contains a fixed number of cells. Previous work has shown that in the dorsoventral axis, localized...
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