Please wait...
About This Project
Embryonic cells make choices that guide the differentiation of their clonal descendants. Such decisions establish the outline of a snail's whole body in a spatially patterned array of just twelve diverse, unambiguously identified single cells which are differentially exposed to a signal briefly emanating from a point source. We want to know if (and how) a change in this pattern causes the neck-founder cells to inappropriately form trunk structures, and if lack of a neck makes the head pop off.

Browse Other Projects on Experiment
Related Projects
Prairie falcons – uncertain kinship in an uncertain climate?
Predicting the effects of climate change on species at the top trophic levels is crucial because they can...
Understanding Avian Diversity: a genomic approach to determine the relationships of Kingfishers and their allies
Understanding biodiversity is fundamental to biology. To do so, we need to know the evolutionary tree of...
Adopt a Tagged-Shark and Protect Their Seasonal Migrations
We will acoustically tag bonnethead sharks in a South Carolina estuary to investigate space use and determine...