A molecular gradient in early Drosophila embryos and its role in specifying the body pattern.

doi:10.1038/324537a0

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A molecular gradient in early Drosophila embryos and its role in specifying the body pattern.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Macdonald P M, Struhl G

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After fertilization, the protein products of the Drosophila homeobox gene caudal (cad) accumulate in a concentration gradient spanning the anteroposterior axis of the developing embryo. Mutations in the cad gene that reduce or eliminate the gradient cause abnormal zygotic expression of at least o...

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Animals
Blastoderm
Drosophila
Genes, Homeobox
Insect Hormones
Mitosis
Mutation

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