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Early patterning of the C. elegans embryo.
Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Rose L S, Kemphues K J
Abstract excerpt
Studies of about 20 maternally expressed genes are providing an understanding of mechanisms of patterning and cell-fate determination in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. The analyses have revealed that fates of the early blastomeres are specified by a combination of intrinsically asymmetric cell divisions and two types of cell-cell interactions: inductions and polarizing interactions. In this review we...
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