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ArticleDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2008

What's left in asymmetry?

Sherry Aw, Michael Levin

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Article in Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. From cytoskeletal dynamics to organ asymmetry: a nonlinear, regulative pathway underlies left-right patterning.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016
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  9. Evidence for avian cell autonomous sex identity (CASI) and implications for the sex-determination process?Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2012
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  11. Far from solved: a perspective on what we know about early mechanisms of left-right asymmetry.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2010
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  16. Is left-right asymmetry a form of planar cell polarity?Development (Cambridge, England) · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sherry AwBiological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Michael Levin

Funding

The Role of Ductin in Embryonic MorphogenesisR01GM067227 · NIGMS · FORSYTH INSTITUTE · PI LEVIN, MICHAEL · 2003 to 2007
$1.7M
Bioelectrical Controls of MorphogenesisR01GM077425 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI LEVIN, MICHAEL · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS CO6RR11244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067227NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM067227NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077425NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM077425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left-right patterning is a fascinating problem of morphogenesis, linking evolutionary and cellular signaling mechanisms across many levels of organization. In the past 15 years, enormous progress has been made in elucidating the molecular details of this process in embryos of several model species. While many outside the field seem to believe that the fundamental aspects of this pathway are now solved, workers on asymmetry are faced with considerable uncertainties over the details of specific mechanisms, a lack of conceptual unity of mechanisms across phyla, and important questions that are not being pursued in any of the popular model systems. Here, we suggest that data from clinical syndromes, cryptic asymmetries, and bilateral gynandromorphs, while not figuring prominently in the mainstream work on LR asymmetry, point to crucial and fundamental gaps of knowledge about asymmetry. We identify 12 big questions that provide exciting opportunities for fundamental new advances in this field.

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Body PatterningAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianEmbryo, NonmammalianGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMutation

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PMID18488999
PMCPMC2597074

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