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Conservation signals location

Nature volume 414, pages 593–594 (2001)Cite this article

During development, many messenger RNAs are spread asymmetrically within cells. Surprisingly, in fruitflies the RNA signals and machinery used for distribution seem to be conserved in different developmental stages.

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Figure 1: The asymmetric localization of mRNAs during oocyte and embryo development in Drosophila.

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