Sad-1 Gene (IMAGE)

Southern Methodist University

Sad-1 Gene

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The sad-1 gene, present in all of the worm's 300 neurons (visualized by fluorescence), is spliced into different versions in different neurons. Neurons with one version fluoresce red, neurons with the other version fluoresce green, and yellow neurons in the bottom panel contain both versions.

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SMU (Southern Methodist University)

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