Article
Establishment of left-right asymmetry in vertebrates: genetically distinct steps are involved.
Ciba Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 1991
Brueckner M, McGrath J, D'Eustachio P, Horwich A L
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrates exhibit a characteristic pattern of asymmetrical positioning of the visceral organs along the left-right axis. A remarkable developmental step establishes this pattern--primitive organs migrate from symmetrical midline positions of origin into lateral positions. The first organ to pur...
Topics
- Animals
- Digestive System
- Functional Laterality
- Genes, Recessive
- Heart
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Situs Inversus
- Spleen
- Vertebrates
