Binary specification of the embryonic lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Binary specification of the embryonic lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Nature - 20 Nov 1997

Kaletta T, Schnabel H, Schnabel R

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In Caenorhabditis elegans, the early embryo contains five somatic founder cells (known as AB, MS, E, C and D) which give rise to very different lineages. Two simply produce twenty intestinal (E) or muscle (D) cells each, whereas the remainder produce a total of 518 cells which collectively contri...

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Animals
Blastomeres
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Lineage
Genes, Helminth
Mutation

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