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The Atypical Cadherin Dachsous Controls Left-Right Asymmetry in Drosophila

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RNA interference in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica reveals the function of the Brachyury gene

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(2012) Dominic P Norris   BMC BIOLOGY

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Chirality in Planar Cell Shape Contributes to Left-Right Asymmetric Epithelial Morphogenesis

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(2010) Hiroki Nishida   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

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(2010) F. Denoeud et al.   SCIENCE

Chiral blastomere arrangement dictates zygotic left–right asymmetry pathway in snails

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Cell Movements at Hensen's Node Establish Left/Right Asymmetric Gene Expression in the Chick

(2009) J. Gros et al.   SCIENCE

Cleavage pattern, gastrulation, and neurulation in the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica

(2008) Setsuko Fujii et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

EvoD/Vo: the origins of BMP signalling in the neuroectoderm

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