Induction of muscle pioneers and floor plate is distinguished by the zebrafish no tail mutation.

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Dorsal mesoderm is thought to provide important signals for axis formation and neural differentiation in vertebrate embryos. We have examined induction and patterning in a zebrafish mutant, no tail, that lacks a derivative of dorsal mesoderm, the notochord. Despite the absence of a differentiated notochord, development of the central nervous system including floor plate appears normal, likely owing to the...

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