Complex Developmental Patterns Are under the Control of Surprisingly Simple Signals (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Complex Developmental Patterns Are under the Control of Surprisingly Simple Signals

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Princeton researchers show that activation of Ras/Erk signaling by light stimulation of the OptoSOS at the anterior and posterior embryonic poles rescues embryonic development in animals otherwise deficient in terminal patterning genes.

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Johnson et al., 2020, Current Biology

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