Evidence that gastropod torsion is driven by asymmetric cell proliferation activated by TGF-beta signalling

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 759-762

  Kurita, Yoshihisa ^a   Wada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left right asymmetry; Mollusca; Torsion

Indexed keywords

GASTROPOD; INHIBITION; MUSCLE; ONTOGENY; SIGNALING; TORSION;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NIPPONACMEA FUSCOVIRIDIS;

EID: 80053896421     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0263     Document Type: Article

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