embryogenesis
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The SIX2 protein is normally active during embryogenesis, where it maintains cells as undifferentiated stem cells, preserving their ability to differentiate.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
Early in embryogenesis, each cell in the nascent female mammal makes an independent decision to shut down the activity of one or the other of its two X chromosomes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
The researchers were able to demonstrate that the AI is capable of identifying key steps in zebrafish embryogenesis and detecting individual stages of development fully automatically and without human input.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2023
The fates of embryonic cells in deuterostomes can be altered if they are experimentally moved to a different location in the embryo due to indeterminant cleavage in early embryogenesis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The principal challenge to preformation was the idea that something had to happen during embryogenesis that led to the formation of entirely new parts in the embryo.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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