Researchers confirm using zebrafish that if a certain gene is not excluded when vertebrate embryos are developing, the notochord will not elongate properly, resulting in a shortened form.
I have felt intrinsically attached to what science has shown to be a collection of duplicating cells. At times in my life, an embryo has represented so much more than just a fertilized egg. This time, ...
Can a single protein-encoding gene determine whether a vertebrate embryo develops normally? Yes, according to Osaka Metropolitan University researchers, who found that suppression of Pcdh8 is ...