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The twisted pharynx phenotype in C. elegans.
BMC developmental biology - 1 Jun 2007
Axäng Claes, Rauthan Manish, Hall David H, Pilon Marc
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The pharynx of C. elegans is an epithelial tube whose development has been compared to that of the embryonic heart and the kidney and hence serves as an interesting model for organ development. Several C. elegans mutants have been reported to exhibit a twisted pharynx phenotype but no careful studies have been made to directly address this phenomenon. In this study, the twisting mutants dig-1, mig-4,...
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