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ArticleDevelopmental cell2017

On the Formation of Digits and Joints during Limb Development.

Tom W Hiscock, Patrick Tschopp, Clifford J Tabin

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Article in Developmental cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tom W HiscockDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Patrick TschoppZoological Institute, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
Clifford J TabinDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: tabin@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

Hedgehog Signaling and Organogenesis of the LimbR37HD032443 · NICHD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI TABIN, CLIFFORD J. · 2005 to 2014
$5.3M
The reprogramming of limb progenitor cellsR01HD032443 · NICHD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI CLIFFORD J. TABIN · 1995 to 2026
$4.6M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD032443NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD032443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Critical steps in forming the vertebrate limb include the positioning of digits and the positioning of joints within each digit. Recent studies have proposed that the iterative series of digits is established by a Turing-like mechanism generating stripes of chondrogenic domains. However, re-examination of available data suggest that digits are actually patterned as evenly spaced spots, not stripes, which then elongate into rod-shaped digit rays by incorporating new cells at their tips. Moreover, extension of the digit rays and the patterning of the joints occur simultaneously at the distal tip, implying that an integrated model is required to fully understand these processes.

Indexed as

Body PatterningAnimalsExtremitiesJointsOrganogenesisVertebratesdigit specificationjoint formationTuring mechanism

Identifiers

PMID28586643
PMCPMC5546220
OpenAlexW2622721540

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