Nematode development: an evolutionary fugue.
Recent studies of vulva development in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus have identified cell interactions that do not appear to occur in Caenorhabditis elegans. The new results underscore the diversity of patterning mechanisms that can produce structures with similar cellular morphology.
Chamberlin
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Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, 484 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. chamberlin.27@osu.edu
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D009348:Nematoda / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D014844:Vulva / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development