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The<i>C. elegans</i>Hand gene controls embryogenesis and early gonadogenesis
20 May 2003
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The C. elegans genome encodes a single Hand bHLH transcription factor. Either hnd-1(RNAi) or a hnd-1 deletion causes partially penetrant defects in viability and gonadogenesis. Dead embryos and young larvae are often misshapen at the posterior end. Our primary focus has been the role of hnd-1 in gonadogenesis. Wild-type C. elegans has two somatic gonadal precursors and two primordial germ cells in stereotyped...
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