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Isolation of the chicken Lmbr1 coding sequence and characterization of its role during chick limb development.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Mar 2004
Maas Sarah A, Fallon John F
Abstract excerpt
In the developing amniote limb, anteroposterior (A/P) patterning is controlled through secretion of the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein by cells in the zone of polarizing activity (ZPA) located in the posterior mesoderm. In the chicken mutant oligozeugodactyly (ozd), Shh is expressed normally in the entire embryo with the exception that it is undetectable in the developing limbs; this results in the loss of specific...
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