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Autonomous epithelial folding induced by an intracellular mechano-polarity feedback loop by Wen, Fu-Lai, Kwan, Chun Wai, Wang, Yu-Chiun, Shibata, Tatsuo

“…Epithelial tissues form folded structures during embryonic development and organogenesis. Whereas substantial efforts have been devoted to identifying…”
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Functional evolution of a morphogenetic gradient by Kwan, Chun Wai, Gavin-Smyth, Jackie, Ferguson, Edwin L, Schmidt-Ott, Urs

“…Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) pattern the dorsal-ventral axis of bilaterian embryos; however, their roles in the evolution of body plan are largely…”
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BMP-dependent serosa and amnion specification in the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita by Rafiqi, Ab Matteen, Park, Chee-Hyurng, Kwan, Chun Wai, Lemke, Steffen, Schmidt-Ott, Urs

“…Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling is an essential factor in dorsoventral patterning of animal embryos but how BMP signaling evolved with fundamental…”
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How two extraembryonic epithelia became one: serosa and amnion features and functions of Drosophila's amnioserosa by Schmidt-Ott, Urs, Kwan, Chun Wai

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How two extraembryonic epithelia became one: serosa and amnion features and functions of Drosophila 's amnioserosa by Schmidt-Ott, Urs, Kwan, Chun Wai

“…The conservation of gene networks that specify and differentiate distinct tissues has long been a subject of great interest to evolutionary developmental…”
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Morphogenetic functions of extraembryonic membranes in insects by Schmidt-Ott, Urs, Kwan, Chun Wai

“…•Amnioserosa cells are functionally and evolutionarily comparable to amnion cells.•Amnioserosa cells regulate dorsal closure through controlled osmosis and…”
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A cysteine-clamp gene drives embryo polarity in the midge "Chironomus" by Klomp, Jeff, Athy, Derek, Kwan, Chun Wai, Bloch, Natasha I., Sandmann, Thomas, Lemke, Steffen, Schmidt-Ott, Urs

“…In the fruit fly Drosophila, head formation is driven by a single gene, bicoid, which generates head-to-tail polarity of the main embryonic axis. Bicoid…”
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Functional evolution of a morphogenetic gradient by Kwan, Chun Wai

“…Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) pattern the dorsal-ventral axis of bilaterian embryos; however, their roles in the evolution of body plan are largely…”
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Embryo development. A cysteine-clamp gene drives embryo polarity in the midge Chironomus by Klomp, Jeff, Athy, Derek, Kwan, Chun Wai, Bloch, Natasha I, Sandmann, Thomas, Lemke, Steffen, Schmidt-Ott, Urs

“…In the fruit fly Drosophila, head formation is driven by a single gene, bicoid, which generates head-to-tail polarity of the main embryonic axis. Bicoid…”
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