Microtubules and specification of the dorsoventral axis in frog embryos

Bioessays 11 (5):124-127 (1989)
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The body plan of the frog is set‐up by a rearrangement of the egg cytoplasm shortly after fertilization. Microtubules play several roles in this critical developmental event.

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