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Egg Asymmetry

Egg Asymmetry is a biological construct referring to the uneven distribution of cytoplasmic determinants within the oocyte that establishes axial polarity and directs early embryonic patterning.

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A New Model for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes

Melina Schuh, Jan Ellenberg · Current Biology · 2008 · 327 citations · Full text

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Experimental studies on germinal localization

Edmund Wilson · Journal of Experimental Zoology · 1904 · 244 citations · Full text

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The evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry

Matt Friedman · Nature · 2008 · 174 citations

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Evidence for a functional role of the cytoskeleton in determination of the dorsoventral axis in Xenopus laevis eggs.

Geertje A. Ubbels, K. Hara, C. H. Koster et al. · PubMed · 1983 · 144 citations

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Fluctuating asymmetry does not increase with moderate inbreeding in Drosophila melanogaster

Kevin Fowler, Michael C. Whitlock · Heredity · 1994 · 105 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Marc W. Kirschner

    Harvard University, United States

    3 publications · 168 citations

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  2. GA
    Geertje A. Ubbels

    Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Netherlands

    2 publications · 168 citations

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  3. SL
    Søren Løvtrup

    Umeå University, Sweden

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  4. SN
    Singo Nakazawa

    Yamagata University, Japan

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  5. JC
    John C. Gerhart

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    211 citations

  2. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    122 citations

  3. Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    624 citations

  4. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

    Naples, Italy

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    459 citations

  5. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    90 citations

  6. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    46 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    242 citations

  8. Yamagata University

    Yamagata, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

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  1. Development

    11 publications · 521 citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Zoology

    JEZ · 3 publications · 354 citations

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  3. Developmental Biology

    3 publications · 147 citations

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  4. Evolution

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. Biological Bulletin

    2 publications · 70 citations

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