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Migratory Behavior of Cells Generated in Ganglionic Eminence Cultures
Published on: April 21, 2011
Fishing for the genetic basis of migratory behavior
Olivia S Harringmeyer1, Maya L Woolfolk1, Hopi E Hoekstra1
1Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Abstract:
For many species, migrating at just the right time is essential for both survival and reproduction. A new study in salmon localizes a small genomic region associated with migration timing, which in turn affects other physiological traits, suggesting that a seemingly complex suite of migration traits is linked by one "simple" phenotype.
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