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Tethered wings

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Wnt signalling molecules are thought to direct the development of an organism by spreading through tissues. But flies grow with almost normal appendages even when their main Wnt protein cannot move. Two scientists discuss the implications of this finding for our understanding of development. See Article p.180

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Figure 1: Wing development and Wingless spread.

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  1. Ginés Morata is in the Centro de Biología Molecular, CSIC-UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.,

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  2. Gary Struhl is in the Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.,

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