Genetic Switches from Gar Drive Gene Activity in Mice (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

Genetic Switches from Gar Drive Gene Activity in Mice

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The same autopod-building genetic switches from gar are able to drive gene activity (purple) in the digits of transgenic mice; an activity that was absent in other fish groups studied.

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Andrew Gehrke, the University of Chicago

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