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Science 10 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5801, pp. 939 - 940
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136252

Perspective

The Sea Urchin Genome: Where Will It Lead Us?

Eric H. Davidson

The sea urchin genome reveals large domains of biology heretofore unexplored at the genome level, as this is the first nonchordate deuterostome sequence. The sequence will accelerate progress toward complete understanding of the genomic regulatory system that controls developmental specification and morphogenetic function, thus illuminating basic developmental process in all animals.

Division of Biology, 156-29, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

E-mail: davidson{at}caltech.edu

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