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Thoughts and observations on patterning in early mammalian development.

R L Gardner1

  • 1University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK. richard.gardner@zoology.ox.ac.uk

Reproductive Biomedicine Online
|December 10, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Mammalian embryonic development is flexible, but early patterning information in the egg influences development. This study challenges the idea that mammalian embryos only pattern after cell division begins, suggesting pre-cleavage patterning is crucial.

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