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Science 11 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5592, pp. 371 - 373
DOI: 10.1126/science.1077706
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Perspectives

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EVOLUTION:
Enhanced: Jaws of the Fates

Georgy Koentges and Toshiyuki Matsuoka

The evolution of an asymmetrical jaw by vertebrates contributed to their success by imbuing them with more versatile feeding capabilities. In a Perspective, Koentges and Matsuoka discuss new findings (Depew et al.) that reveal the molecular cause of this asymmetry. A developmental code of nested Dlx gene expression in jaw precursor cells instructs these cells to become upper or lower jaw structures.

The authors are at the Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, University College, London WC1E 6AU, UK. E-mail: g.koentges{at}ucl.ac.uk

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