Morphogens are in the front line just now. Here I trace how the concept of a morphogen has evolved over the past 100 years and step a little beyond what we already know.
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Lawrence, P. Morphogens: how big is the big picture?. Nat Cell Biol 3, E151–E154 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35083096
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