Abstract
Gene products provided by the mother to the embryo determine the body axes in most animals. A recent study in zebrafish proposes that the TGFss signal Squint is one such factor.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Blastomeres / metabolism
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Body Patterning / physiology*
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Cell Polarity / physiology
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Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
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Nodal Signaling Ligands
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RNA, Messenger, Stored / genetics
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RNA, Messenger, Stored / physiology*
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Signal Transduction / physiology*
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Zebrafish / embryology*
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Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism*
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Zebrafish Proteins / physiology
Substances
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Nodal Signaling Ligands
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RNA, Messenger, Stored
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Zebrafish Proteins
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ndr1 protein, zebrafish