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Analysis of gain-of-function mutations of the lin-12 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nature - 12 Jul 1990
Greenwald I, Seydoux G
Abstract excerpt
Certain cell fate decisions are specified by cell-cell interactions during the development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. For example, in a wild-type hermaphrodite gonad, two cells, Z1.ppp and Z4.aaa, have the potential to become the anchor cell (AC). Intercellular communication establishes their fates and ensures that only one cell becomes the AC, while the other becomes a ventral uterine precursor cell...
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