Xenopus, an ideal model organism to study laterality in conjoined twins
Xenopus, an ideal model organism to study laterality in conjoined twins
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非洲爪蟾,研究连体双胞胎偏侧性的理想模型生物
作者:
Tisler;Schweickert
Conjoined twins occur at low frequency in all vertebrates including humans. Many twins fused at the chest or abdomen display a very peculiar laterality defect: while the left twin is normal with respect to asymmetric organ morphogenesis and placement (situs solitus), the organ situs is randomized in right twins. Although this phenomenon has fascinated already some of the founders of experimental embryology in the 19th and early 20th century, such as Dareste, Fol, Warynsky and Spemann, its embryological basis has remained enigmatic. Here we summarize historical experiments and interpretations as well as current models, argue that the frogXenopusis the only vertebrate model organism to tackle the issue, and outline suitable experiments to address the question of twin laterality in the context of cilia‐based symmetry breakage.
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0.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1387/ijdb.140215ml
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
The International journal of developmental biology
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