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A cis-regulatory change underlying the motor neuron-specific loss of terminal selector gene expression in immotile tunicate larvae
Elijah K. Lowe, Claudia Racioppi, Nadine Peyriéras…·Alberto Stolfi
The paper identifies a cis-regulatory change in the Ebf gene that causes reduced expression in motor neurons of immotile tunicate larvae, contributing to the loss of swimming ability.
DOI 10.1101/567719