Maternal Genes Shape Development (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Maternal Genes Shape Development

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An organ called Kupffer's vesicle, which helps specify the left and right sides of the developing fish, is shaped asymmetrically in a wild-type embryo (left), but is more symmetric in the absence of maternally inherited gdf3 (right).

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Pelliccia et al., 2017

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Pelliccia et al., 2017

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