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- adjective biology Having
fifteen imaginal discs
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In arthropods, Bmp the homolog in insects is called decapentaplegic, or dpp is high on the dorsal side, which is still opposite the nervous system.
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In arthropods, Bmp the homolog in insects is called decapentaplegic, or dpp is high on the dorsal side, which is still opposite the nervous system.
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The dorsal-ventral boundaries of the vertebrate limb bud and the insect wing disc are established by a gene called fringe; other axes and boundaries are defined by genes in the wingless, apterous, hedgehog, and decapentaplegic families, and they operate in roughly similar ways in both groups of animals.
PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution) William Harryman 2009
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(Socs3) is upregulated, which negatively regulates mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3
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The dorsal-ventral boundaries of the vertebrate limb bud and the insect wing disc are established by a gene called fringe; other axes and boundaries are defined by genes in the wingless, apterous, hedgehog, and decapentaplegic families, and they operate in roughly similar ways in both groups of animals.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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