Embryonic axes: the long and short of it in the mouse.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, recent studies indicate that, during mouse development, the embryo's anterior-posterior axis shifts from the shorter transverse axis to the orthogonal longer one as the shape of the pre-gastrula-stage embryo is remodelled.
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Patrick P L
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Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Locked Bag 23, Wentworthville, NSW 2145, Australia. ptam@cmri.usyd.edu.au
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000502:physiology*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice / Q000196:embryology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology