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Zebrafish sall1a and sall4 contribute to body elongation.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 2025
Kawakami Hiroko, Bailey Abigail, Gavin Ella, Gearhart Micah D, Isabella Adam J, Kawakami Yasuhiko
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Vertebrate embryos elongate the body after gastrulation. Unlike in mice, which elongate both the trunk and tail after gastrulation, zebrafish embryos complete development of the trunk by the end of gastrulation, followed by tail elongation by proliferation of posteriorly located progenitors. Previous studies have shown that the transcription factors SALL1 and SALL4 redundantly regulate tail elongation in mouse...
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