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Nature Cell Biology 9, 1005–1009 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncb435

Patching the gaps in Hedgehog signalling

Rajat Rohatgi & Matthew P. Scott

The Hh pathway, elucidated initially through genetic analyses of Drosophila embryo segmentation, controls the development of most tissues and organs during development. In perhaps its best-known role, the Hh ligand functions as a morphogen in tissues such as the neural tube, with different concentrations of the ligand directing the adoption of different cell fates.