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HAIRY-like transcription factors and the evolution of the nematode vulva equivalence group.
Current biology : CB - 25 Jul 2006
Schlager Benjamin, Röseler Waltraud, Zheng Min, Gutierrez Arturo, Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nematode vulva formation provides a paradigm to study the evolution of pattern formation and cell-fate specification. The Caenorhabditis elegans vulva is generated from three of six equipotent cells that form the so-called vulva equivalence group. During evolution, the size of the vulva equivalence group has changed: Panagrellus redivivus has eight, C. elegans six, and Pristionchus pacificus only...
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