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embryonic axis specification

Known as: embryonic axis determination 
The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of a pattern along a line or a point in an embryo. [GOC:dph, GOC:go_curators, GOC:sdb_2009, GOC:tb]
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2016
2016
Acquisition of the dorsal structures in chordate amphioxus
Acquisition of dorsal structures, such as notochord and hollow nerve cord, is likely to have had a profound influence upon… Expand
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2014
Review
2014
Here, there, everywhere
mRNA localization and localized translation is a common mechanism that contributes to cell polarity and cellular asymmetry. In… Expand
2009
2009
Assisted fertilization and embryonic axis formation in higher primates.
In naturally fertilized embryos of various organisms, the spermatozoon provides a localized cue to initiate early embryonic… Expand
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2007
2007
Evolution of Axis Specification Mechanisms in Jawed Vertebrates: Insights from a Chondrichthyan
The genetic mechanisms that control the establishment of early polarities and their link with embryonic axis specification and… Expand
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2007
2007
Left right asymmetry, the pulmonary vein, and a-fib.
See related article, pages 902–909 Atrial fibrillation (AF), a common adult cardiac arrhythmia, involves abnormal atrial… Expand
2006
2006
rasiRNAs, DNA damage, and embryonic axis specification.
Drosophila repeat-associated small interfering RNAs (rasiRNAs) have been implicated in retrotransposon and stellate locus… Expand
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Drosophila SDE3 Homolog armitage Is Required for oskar mRNA Silencing and Embryonic Axis Specification
Polarization of the microtubule cytoskeleton during early oogenesis is required to specify the posterior of the Drosophila oocyte… Expand
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1998
Review
1998
Encrypted morphogens of skeletogenesis: biological errors and pharmacologic potentials.
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of a class of ancient, highly conserved signalling molecules that play major roles… Expand
1989
1989
A step in embryonic axis specification in Xenopus laevis is simulated by cytoplasmic displacements elicited by gravity and centrifugal force.
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  • Advances in space research : the official journal…
  • 1989
    • Corpus ID: 10205517
Determination of the body pattern in Xenopus embryos is known to involve at least six steps. One of these steps can be… Expand
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Subcortical rotation in Xenopus eggs: an early step in embryonic axis specification.
The amphibian egg undergoes a rotation of its subcortical cytoplasm relative to its surface during the first cell cycle. Nile… Expand
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