Early Embryonic Programming of Neuronal Left/Right Asymmetry in C. elegans
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Early Embryonic Programming of Neuronal Left/Right Asymmetry in C. elegans
BACKGROUND Nervous systems are largely bilaterally symmetric on a morphological level but often display striking degrees of functional left/right (L/R) asymmetry. How L/R asymmetric functional features are superimposed onto an essentially bilaterally symmetric structure and how nervous-system laterality relates to the L/R asymmetry of internal organs are poorly understood. We address these ques...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.041