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SUBMITTER: Liu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20191029 1
Foxg constitutes a regulatory loop with Fgf8 and plays an important role in the development of anterior placodes and the telencephalon in vertebrate embryos. Ascidians, which belong to Tunicata, the sister group of vertebrates, develop a primitive placode-like structure at the anterior boundary of the neural plate, but lack a clear counterpart of the telencephalon. In this animal, Foxg is expressed in larval palps, which are adhesive organs with sensory neurons. Here, we show that Foxg begins to ...[more]