Early determinative events in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Classical developmental biology has distinguished two major modes of embryogenesis, determinate and indeterminate. Nematodes have been considered the chief paradigm for determinate and cell-autonomous development, but recent experiments on the early development of Caenorhabditis elegans suggest that most blastomeres of this nematode are, in fact, determined by interactions.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, FRG.
D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D002450:Cell Communication; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009030:Mosaicism; D009154:Mutation