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Evolutionary conservation in myoblast fusion

Nature Genetics volume 39, pages 704–705 (2007)Cite this article

The fusion of myoblasts into myofibers has been studied extensively in Drosophila, but it is not known if the same mechanisms operate in vertebrates. A new study suggests an unanticipated degree of similarity in zebrafish.

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Figure 1: Syncytial fast muscles within a zebrafish embryo.

Bhylahalli Srinivas and Sudipto Roy

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