Pseudocleavage is dispensable for polarity and development in C. elegans embryos.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1096

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Pseudocleavage is dispensable for polarity and development in C. elegans embryos.

Developmental biology - 1 Apr 1995

Rose L S, Lamb M L, Hird S N, Kemphues K J

Abstract excerpt

The first cleavage of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is asymmetrical, producing daughters with different cell fates. During the first cell cycle, P granules, cytoplasmic components that are segregated to the germ-line, are localized to the posterior of the embryo. It has been hypothesized that...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Cycle
Cell Polarity
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Mutation

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