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Nature Cell Biology 5, 861–863 (1 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/ncb1003-861

Wnt signalling gets XEEKy

Wilson K. Clements & David Kimelman

Developing embryos integrate a large number of intercellular signals during the complex regulatory events that result in the formation of the final embryonic body plan. The creation of asymmetry and the precise control of cell fate and division are among the requirements for normal embryonic development.