Heterotaxy in Caenorhabditis: widespread natural variation in left–right arrangement of the major organs

Although the arrangement of internal organs in most metazoans is profoundly left–right (L/R) asymmetric with a predominant handedness, rare individuals show full (mirror-symmetric) or partial (heterotaxy) reversals. While the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is known for its highly determinate develo...

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Published in:Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Main Authors: Alcorn, Melissa R., Callander, Davon C., López-Santos, Agustín, Torres Cleuren, Yamila N., Birsoy, Bilge, Joshi, Pradeep M., Santure, Anna W., Rothman, Joel H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104504/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821534
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0404
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