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Altered neuronal lineages in the facial ganglia of Hoxa2 mutant mice.
Developmental biology - 1 Feb 2008
Yang Xiu, Zhou Yuefang, Barcarse Erin A, O'Gorman Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Neurons of cranial sensory ganglia are derived from the neural crest and ectodermal placodes, but the mechanisms that control the relative contributions of each are not understood. Crest cells of the second branchial arch generate few facial ganglion neurons and no vestibuloacoustic ganglion neurons, but crest cells in other branchial arches generate many sensory neurons. Here we report that the facial ganglia of...
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