Expression of the prospective mesoderm genes twist, snail, and mef2 in penaeid shrimp

In penaeid shrimp, mesoderm forms from two sources: naupliar mesoderm founder cells, which invaginate during gastrulation, and posterior mesodermal stem cells called mesoteloblasts , which undergo characteristic teloblastic divisions. The primordial mesoteloblast descends from the ventral mesendobla...

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