New York University biologists have discovered new mechanisms that control how proteins are expressed in different regions of embryos, while also shedding additional insight into how physical traits are arranged in body plans. Their findings, which appear in the journal Cell, call for reconsideration of a decades-old biological theory.
View the original article here: Long-held genetic theory doesn’t quite make the grade, biologists find
Long-held genetic theory doesn’t quite make the grade, biologists find
Genetics Times | May 16, 2012
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