The role of retinoic acid signaling in starfish metamorphosis

Abstract Background Although retinoic acid (RA) signaling plays a crucial role in the body patterning of chordates, its function in non-chordate invertebrates, other than its mediation of environmental cues triggering metamorphosis in cnidarians, is largely unknown. We investigated the role of RA si...

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Main Authors: Shumpei Yamakawa, Yoshiaki Morino, Masanao Honda, Hiroshi Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:EvoDevo
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-018-0098-x