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Morphogen diffusion: the case of the Wingless protein

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Understanding how morphogens promote three-dimensional patterning is an important issue in developmental biology. Recently, new insights have been gained into the mechanisms by which the Drosophila morphogen Wingless/Wnt is distributed in tissues.

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