Human Cells, Plants, Worms and Frogs Share Mechanism for Organ Placement (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Human Cells, Plants, Worms and Frogs Share Mechanism for Organ Placement

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Targeting a blue tracer molecule to one of two cells at the first cell division labels exactly half the embryo, illustrating that the first cell division demarcates the midline of the animal.

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Maria Lobikin, Tufts University

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