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  • noun biology, genetics A mutation (and associated gene) affecting the trunk mesoderm in some fish embryos

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  • Zebrafish mutants provide a powerful tool for examining the roles of individual genes in such a network. spadetail (spt) is a mutant with a lesion in tbx16, a

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Thompson MA, Ransom DG, Pratt SJ, MacLennan H, Kieran MW, et al. (1998) The cloche and spadetail genes differentially affect hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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