Characterisation of an amphioxus Fringe gene and the evolution of the vertebrate segmentation clock.
In mouse and chick embryos, cyclic expression of lunatic fringe has an important role in the regulation of mesoderm segmentation. We have isolated a Fringe gene from the protochordate amphioxus. Amphioxus is the closest living relative of the vertebrates, and has mesoderm that is definitively segmen...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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