Monthly Archives: January 2015

Embryonic transformations

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What regulates cell fate determination in an embryo? How do cells collectively know when they should form the three embryonic germ layers – ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm – and later ingress when they undergo epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and grow to form various organs, for example the gut, muscle or brain? And even before… Read more »

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