The Sonic hedgehog toolkit gene has multiple roles (a) (b) FIGURE 13-26 The Shh gene is expressed in many different parts of the developing chick embryo (indicated by dark stairingi, including (aj the zone of polarizing activity in each of the two developing limb buds and the long neural tube and (b) the developing feather buds. Shh TANA is visuaized by in situ hytridization. Photomiorographa courtasy of a Car Tabin and (b) Dr. John Falon, Lniversity of Wisconsin, and Marthow Harris, Harvard Medioal School Department of Ganatics

The Sonic hedgehog toolkit gene has multiple roles (a) (b) FIGURE 13-26 The Shh gene is expressed in many different parts of the developing chick embryo (indicated by dark stairingi, including (aj the zone of polarizing activity in each of the two developing limb buds and the long neural tube and (b) the developing feather buds. Shh TANA is visuaized by in situ hytridization. Photomiorographa courtasy of a Car Tabin and (b) Dr. John Falon, Lniversity of Wisconsin, and Marthow Harris, Harvard Medioal School Department of Ganatics

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter19: Genomes And Proteomes

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