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Inversion in the worm

Combinations of spatially and temporally restricted transcription factors are shown to coordinate movement in nematode worms by controlling the formation of synaptic connections to and from motor neurons. See Letter p.83

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Figure 1: Transcriptional regulation of synaptic specificity.

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Fernandes, V., Desplan, C. Inversion in the worm. Nature 523, 44–45 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/523044a

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