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. 2010 Mar 9;20(5):R232-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.040.

Morphogen gradients: limits to signaling or limits to measurement?

Jacques P Bothma  1 , Michael Levine, Alistair Boettiger
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Morphogen gradients: limits to signaling or limits to measurement?

Jacques P Bothma et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

In Drosophila embryos, a concentration gradient of nuclear Dorsal protein controls pattern formation along the dorsal-ventral axis. Recent quantitative studies agree on the temporal dynamics of the gradient, but disagree on its spatial limits.

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